FDA approves Wayne company's dissection repair device

The Food and Drug Administration granted marketing approval to Intact's Vascular's Tack Endovascular System on Monday. The Tack Endovascular System is a dissection repair device implanted in angioplasty patients with peripheral arterial disease. Dissections occur when the inflation of an angioplasty balloon, and the resulting mechanical stress, injures vessels. "Post-angioplasty dissections can significantly imp act patient outcomes," said Dr. William Gray, the president of the Lankenau Heart Institute…
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