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Article: NeuroVasx Announces First Case of cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System in Spain.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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NeuroVasx, Inc., a medical device company that develops technologies for the treatment of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, announced that the first procedure in Spain utilizing its cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System was performed in Madrid. cPAX received CE Mark earlier this year (see also Aneurysm).
Dr. Alfredo Casasco, Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Endovascular and Percutaneous Treatment, Clinica Nuestra Senora del Rosario, used 143cm of cPAX in combination with platinum coils to treat an unruptured aneurysm over 13mm in diameter.
"According to the AngioCalc aneurysm volume calculator, greater than 40% packing density was achieved with cPAX ...