May 23, 2019
FDA grants Stryker premarket approval for intracranial aneurysm stent
Editor's Note
Stryker announced on May 20 that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) granted premarket approval for its Neuroform Atlas stent system for intracranial aneurysms, the May 20 MassDevice reports.
The self-expanding nitinol stent can now be used with neurovascular embolization coils to treat patients with saccular wide-necked intracranial aneurysms that arise from a 2 mm to 4.5 mm parent vessel.
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