Product Information
Precise Action
- Relieves hoop stress by making minimal, precisely controlled incisions.
- Atherotomes are 3 to 5 times sharper than a surgical scalpel.
- Disrupts the elastic and fibrotic continuity of the vessel wall that causes elastic recoil.
- Non-compliant balloon material maintains stated diameter, concentrating the dilatation force at the edge of the atherotomes throughout its working range.
Reduced Vessel Trauma
- Incisions facilitate dilatation of the stenosis with the least amount of dilating force, reducing barotrauma.
- Controlled injury is localized to atherotome incision planes, whereas conventional angioplasty creates irregular tears and injury throughout the area of dilatation.
Positive Outcomes
- Possible long-term benefit to patients with thrombosed dialysis grafts*.
- Reduced patient pain reported during device inflation versus conventional angioplasty*.
- Cutting Balloon Device technology has over a decade of clinical use in Europe and Japan.
- May be used as a stand-alone treatment or in conjunction with other treatment options.
Device Illustration
Additional Information
* Cutting EDGE Clinical Trial. Data on file.
