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Medtronic Announces First Clinical Trial Experience With Next-Generation Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

December 14, 2005   Categories: For professionals  Posted by admin

This next-generation drug-eluting stent will use the popular Driver™ bare metal cobalt alloy stent platform and the drug Zotarolimus (ABT-578), along with the proprietary, biocompatible drug delivery polymer developed by Medtronic. Prof. Ian Meredith, Monash Medical Centre, is the principal investigator of the Medtronic RESOLUTE clinical study evaluating the new stent. This first-in-man study will enroll up to 100 patients at 12 clinical sites in Australia and New Zealand.

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