Physicians placing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to prevent
life-threatening pulmonary emboli now have access to the latest
iteration of Cook
Medical’s advanced NavAlign™ delivery system, a deployment system
designed to minimize the risk of vessel trauma and streamline filter
placement. The new NavAlign femoral delivery system, to be launched
today in booth #406 at the SIR
Annual Scientific Meeting, complements the already available jugular
access version.
“We’ve introduced specialized access tools
that have gained initial acceptance, and today marks a milestone for
Cook both in advancing treatment using IVC filters and tapping the
potential of the emerging venous market as a whole.”
NavAlign is the landmark product of Cook’s new Venous Program, an
integrated line of products engineered to treat the spectrum of venous
disease — from superficial venous insufficiency to deep system
conditions like deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
"Chronic venous disease affects up to one-third of the population of all
developed countries, so it is vital to provide dedicated
treatment options addressing this growing patient population,” said Rob
Lyles, vice president and global leader of the peripheral intervention
division at Cook Medical. “We’ve introduced specialized access tools
that have gained initial acceptance, and today marks a milestone for
Cook both in advancing treatment using IVC filters and tapping the
potential of the emerging venous market as a whole."
NavAlign, available for Cook
Celect® and Günther
Tulip® filters, incorporates a hemostasis valve to
minimize blood loss. With an accompanying multipurpose dilator,
radiopaque sizing marker bands and flushing sideports designed to
decrease fluoroscopy time and contrast medium amounts, the NavAlign
system is ideal for physicians using image guidance to place IVC filters
to help protect patients from DVT and pulmonary
embolism (PE), a life-threatening condition that can kill one out of
three individuals if left untreated.
For more information and to see live demonstrations of NavAlign or the
other interventional radiology and peripheral intervention products
available from Cook Medical, visit booth #406 at the 2010 SIR
Annual Scientific Meeting. More information can be found at www.cookmedical.com/SIR.