EndoSonics prepares for clinical trial of brachytherapy device

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 4, 2000

EndoSonics has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin clinical trials on a directional radiation device for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

The brachytherapy device, called Beta Radiation with IVUS Guidance and Directed Energy (BRIGADE), is designed to alleviate coronary artery blockage in patients with diabetes. The main advantage of BRIGADE is its ability to deliver an exact radiation dose with intravascular ultrasound-guidance, according to Dr. Patrick Whitlow, director of interventional cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. EndoSonics, based in Rancho Cordova, CA, developed the device in partnership with the clinic in Ohio.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 5, 2000

Copyright © 2000 AuntMinnie.com

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