Merit Medical’s Embosphere Microspheres for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Enlarge
 

Merit Medicalâ??s Embosphere Microspheres for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Enlarged Prostate
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Merit Medical has an**unced winning de **vo clearance for its Embosphere Microspheres to be used for prostatic artery embolization procedures as a treatment option for symptomatic enlarged prostate. The de **vo classification means that this is the first product that can be used to embolize the prostatic artery without resorting to surgery.

The tiny spheres, made from acrylic co-polymer crosslinked with gelatin and available in seven sizes from about 40آ*خ¼m to 1200آ*خ¼m, are delivered via a microcatheter the internal diameter of which is actually narrower than the spheres themselves. The procedure is typically performed via a single puncture throughآ*the femoral artery, but can also be performed via the radial artery in the wrist. To pass through the microcatheter the spheres are squeezed to fit in and then naturally expand once delivered within the artery (see image on right), blocking the passage of blood through the vessel.

The Embosphere Microspheres have been previously used to treat symptomatic uterine fibroids, hypervascular tumors, and arteriove**us malformations.



Here’s a video presenting theآ*Embosphere Microspheres



Via: Merit Medical…

Product page: Embosphere Microspheres…

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