Science Daily reported the implantation of the Zenith Fenestrated aortic stent graft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from Cook Endovascular
"In a New York City metro-area first, a 93-year-old Bronx man underwent implantation of a new stent graft at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the only center on the Eastern Seaboard with access to this investigational device. The new stent graft was implanted under an FDA-approved clinical trial protocol. The stent graft is designed to treat a complex form of abdominal aortic aneurysms in which the weakened, enlarged vessel wall is too close to the arteries leading to the kidneys."
"The unique device, known as a fenestrated endograft, is a tubular, fabric graft with supporting metal stents that features custom-positioned holes (fenestrations) that ensure proper blood flow through the aorta and to the kidneys and nearby organs."
The Advanced Medical Technology Association, whose members include Medtronic Inc. (nyse: MDT - news - people ) and Boston Scientific Corp. (nyse: BSX - news - people ), lobbied on legislation affecting the regulation of devices by the Food and Drug Administration and payments for technology by Medicare.
The medical device industry's chief advocacy group spent $924,074 lobbying the federal government in the second quarter of the year, according to a recent disclosure report.
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