| Advanced Tissue Sciences |
Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc. |
cardiovascular, orthopedics, wound management, and reconstructive surgery |
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| AngioDynamics |
AngioDynamics Inc.; E-Z-EM Inc. |
This site offers product descriptions and some additional technical information on their vascular products. |
"Tech notes" downloadable files are offered for topics such as stent radial strength. |
No patient info. |
| Biocompatibles |
Biocompatibles |
Biocompatibles makes stents, contact lenses, and drug delivery devices. |
Nice photos of the stent designs. Online specifications. Detailed description of the interaction between blood and their special coating. Online directions for use of stent product. |
Little medical information. |
| Boston Scientific Scimed |
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
Scimed's site includes product descriptions at a good level of detail for engineers. There are case studies for many products, aimed at physicians, and a technical magazine that discussing upcoming innovations in the field of interventional cardiology de |
Good technical discussion of gold technology. Product information is at a good level for engineers. Comprehensive product line. |
Minimal information for patients. Case studies are aimed at cardiologists, not engineers. |
| Corazon |
Corazon Technologies Inc. |
cardiovascular |
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| Cryocath |
Cryocath, Inc. |
Cryoablation technology for cardiovascular, cancer therapy and other applications. |
Site contains excellent visual graphics and an embedded glossary of terms, product description and patient info. |
Site limited to cryotherapy applications and products. |
| Guidant |
Guidant Corporation |
Company is a world leader in the design and development of cardiovascular medical products |
Contains excellent patient information, including information on heart failure, abdominal aortic aneurysms, angioplasty, stenting, atherectomy, pacemakers, AICD monitors, coronary bypass, beating heart bypass surgery, and intravascular radiotherapy system |
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| IntraTherapeutics |
Intratherapeutics Inc. |
This site highlights IntraTherapeutics stents and their mechanical design features. |
The product information gives detailed mechanical behavior of the stents. |
Little clinical information is provided. |
| Johnson & Johnson |
Johnson & Johnson Gateway, LLC. |
Site contains medical device specifications, patient information and surgical techniques. |
Contains information on cardiac biopsy, coronary stent placement , Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (P.T.C.A.), Peripheral Stent Placement, Superselective Angiography, transradial approach, Cardiac Catheterization, vascular Embolization, per |
Limited graphical images in patient information section. |
| Perclose |
Perclose; Abbott Laboratories |
Perclose designs and manufactures femoral closure devices. |
Innovative mechanical devices. Highly graphical procedure instructions for physicians. Separate procedure description for patients. A few example angiograms are included. |
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| St. Jude Medical |
St. Jude Medical Inc. |
St. Jude designs and manufactures valve, electrophysiology and some intravascular products. This site is an excellent source of information. |
Detailed procedure instructions for physicians. Product information at different levels of detail for patients and physicians. Detailed medical information for patients. |
Some pages have a lot of text. |
| WorldHeart |
WorldHeart Corporation |
Site includes some information on the company's ventricular assist device which will be fully implantable in the chest for long-term use. |
Excellent labeled images and animations. |
Provides limited product content. |
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