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Stryker Debuts Next-Gen Clot Remover For Ischemic Stroke, Boosting Neuro Competition

Firm gains 510(k) clearance for Trevo Pro clot removal device for acute ischemic stroke, which will compete with Covidien’s Solitaire FR revascularization device.

Stryker Corp.’s Trevo Pro next-generation blood-clot retriever will go head to head with Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies’s Solitaire FR revascularization device for treating acute ischemic stroke now that Stryker has gained 510(k) clearance for the indication. Stryker announced FDA go-ahead Aug. 13.

Both devices use a stent-based design for trapping and removing blood clots from blocked blood vessels in the brain, though...

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