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- Medical Device Daily
- Article date:
- October 6, 2005
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International report
St. Jude?s Riata ICD leads receive approvals in Japan
A Medical Device Daily Staff Report
St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported receiving regulatory and reimbursement approvals from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan for the Riata family of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads.
The leads, with diameters as small as 6.7 Fr, rank among the world?s thinnest, the company said. They are the first St. Jude high-voltage leads available in Japan.
?Riata leads provide an excellent complement to the premiere Epic+ and Atlas+ ICD families introduced in Japan last month,? said ...