Medtronic Brings Radial Access Technology To Brain Interventions

The company has begun a limited release of the radial artery access devices it added to its neurovascular therapies business when it quietly acquired RIST Neurovascular in 2020.

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Medtronic is rolling out two new catheters designed to facilitate minimally invasive neurovascular interventions through the radial artery.

The Rist 079 radial access guide catheter and Rist radial access selective catheter are the first catheters specifically designed for neurointerventions using the

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