Avinger Announces Successful Treatment of 1,000th Patient with Next-Generation Pantheris Device
Avinger, Inc. (AVGR), a commercial-stage medical device company marketing the first and only intravascular image-guided, catheter-based system for diagnosis and treatment of patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), today announced that physicians in 78 clinical sites have successfully treated more than 1,000 patients with the next-generation Pantheris image-guided atherectomy system. The next-generation Pantheris was launched on a limited basis in the U.S. following receipt of 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late May 2018 and features a number of improvements intended to augment the performance and reliability of the product. Importantly ...
