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CYPHER(R) Stent Patients Benefit From Immediate Access to Important MRI Tests.

December 6, 2005   Categories: Blogroll  Posted by admin

Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a condition of use for the CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent, allowing patients receiving the stent to immediately undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) following implantation. Approval was granted after laboratory studies demonstrated the CYPHER(R) Stent is MRI-safe.

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