A valvuloplasty is a surgical procedure that opens heart valves that have become stiff due to heart disease. The procedure involves inserting a catheter and inflating a small balloon to open the ...

Loma Vista Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for its balloon valvuloplasty catheter, according to a news release (pdf). The TRUE Dilatation balloon valvuloplasty catheter is designed ...

Alex Tilson, CEO BURLINGAME, Calif.—Loma Vista Medical announced today that it has received CE mark for its TRUE Dilatation&™ Balloon Valvuloplasty Catheter. The company has seen rapid adoption at ...

MINNEAPOLIS - InterValve Inc., an early stage medical device company dedicated to advancing innovations in aortic valvuloplasty balloon catheter design, announced today that it has received 510(k) ...

With balloon valvuloplasty, the doctor inserts a catheter fitted with an uninflated balloon at the tip into a blood vessel and guides it into the heart. The balloon is then inflated, expanding the ...

The assembly is crimped so it can fit through a tube, or catheter, that doctors thread ... 49 percent who had the old procedure, called balloon valvuloplasty. Three-quarters who got the new ...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is a procedure used to dilate the mitral valve in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. A catheter is inserted into the femoral vein ...

Balloon catheters are used to address several types ... trend of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Moreover, the prevalence rate of the urinary tract ...

Balloon aortic valvuloplasty is a procedure in which a balloon catheter is used to dilate a narrowed aortic valve, improving blood flow. The procedure is typically performed in a catheterization ...