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Interventional Bronchoscopy

Boston Scientific provides a broad range of options to support the work of pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons and general surgeons. Boston Scientific is a leading developer of innovative medical technologies used to diagnose, palliate (ease) and treat pulmonary disease symptoms within the airway and lungs. Less-invasive treatment options for pulmonary disease symptoms include products designed to help perform biopsies, retrieve foreign bodies from the airway, open strictures (narrowings of a passage) of the airway, stop internal bleeding, and palliate symptoms of some types of airway cancers.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Overview

Healthcare Professionals

Boston Scientific Pulmonary Endoscopy focuses on helping physicians treat pulmonary disease symptoms by providing them with less-invasive devices. Less-invasive treatments are often preferable to conventional surgery in treating disease symptoms of the pulmonary system, as they may significantly reduce recovery time, are generally less expensive and typically may subject patients to fewer risks than conventional surgery.

Fast Facts

Boston Scientific Endoscopy is a market leader in devices for bronchoscopy.
The Ultraflex™, Polyflex® and Dynamic™ (Y) stents are market-leading examples of our commitment to advancing stent technology. A variety of self-expanding stents are designed to provide patients with palliative relief for malignant strictures in the airway. Polyflex self-expanding, silicone-coated stents are designed to provide treatment options for managing inoperable benign strictures of the central airway.
Boston Scientific Endoscopy launched the first balloon dilators used to treat strictures in the airway.
Boston Scientific’s Pulmonary Endoscopy business offers a range of physician and nurse education programs, and hands-on training tools.

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