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Adapt carotid stent and Monorail delivery system
Thursday, 04 Feb 2010 17:47
At LINC 2010, Ralf Langhoff, angiologist, Berlin, Germany, introduced Boston Scientific’s new Adapt carotid stent and Monorail delivery system. The Adapt stent is a new, closed cell, self-expanding, rolled nitinol sheet. Dynamic tapering technology is designed to adapt to carotid anatomies ranging from 4mm to 9mm. The stent has thinner struts to allow for in-vessel conformability, which provides the flexibility and performance of open cell architecture with the increased support and lesion coverage of closed cell design.
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The design incorporates radiopaque tantalum stent marker bands to enhance radiopacity, and there are three radiopaque markers on each end.
The Adapt stent is flexible, with 25% thinner strut widths compared to competitive nitinol stents and the unique cell design is engineered for flexibility, maintains closed cell scaffolding on a bend. In addition, Langhoff told delegates, the push-button delivery system is easy to use, with a unique deployment handle for accurate stent placement. There are also multiple stent lengths of 20mm, 30mm and 40mm to accommodate various lesion and vessel lengths.
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