Is Viabahn stent covered?
The GORE® VIABAHN® Device family of covered stent grafts offers the flexibility and conformability to safely and confidently address even the most complex cases. Complex aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) can be challenging to treat.
Is the Viabahn stent drug eluting?
The “sandwich” technique implemented is a novel modified angioplasty technique that combines heparin-bonded (Viabahn) stents with drug-eluting stents (Zilver PTX) deployed during arterial recanalisation.
What is Gore Viabahn?
Designed to expand to every demand, the GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) offers proven procedural success and long-term outcomes through flexibility, strength and accuracy to treat aortoiliac occlusive disease.
What is stent graft?
An endovascular stent graft is a fabric tube, supported by a metal mesh, called a stent that is used to support a weak spot in an artery, called an aneurysm – in many cases, an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
What is a VBX stent?
Abstract. The Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) is a flexible covered stent that is FDA-approved for the treatment of iliac artery stenosis, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation.
What is a balloon expandable endoprosthesis?
The Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) is a flexible covered stent that is FDA-approved for the treatment of iliac artery stenosis, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation.
What is Gore medical viabahn endoprosthesis used for?
The GORE ® VIABAHN ® Endoprosthesis is also indicated for the treatment of stenosis or thrombotic occlusion at the venous anastomosis of synthetic arteriovenous (AV) access grafts. Refer to Instructions for Use at goremedical.com for a complete description of all contraindications, warnings, precautions and adverse events.
What is the delivery system for a stent?
The delivery system has two radiopaque balloon markers embedded in the shaft (denoting the effective balloon length) to aid in the placement of the endoprosthesis. The delivery system is compatible with 0.035″ (0.89 mm) guidewires. The delivery system can be used for initial stent placement and post stent dilatation.
What are the requirements for post-dilating a stent?
* Secondary balloon required to post-dilate the stent beyond its nominal deployed diameter (secondary balloon not included).