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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Medtronic thoracic stent graft OK’d in Japan

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approves Medtronic’s (MDT -0.1%) Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system for the minimally invasive repair of thoracic descending aortic aneurysms and complicated type B aortic dissections (tear in the descending part of the aorta).
Commercial launch is underway.
The device was approved in the U.S. and Europe in late 2018.

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