Boston Science Approved to Market Rio Aspiration Catheter

Boston Scientific announced it has been approved to market its clot-busting Rio Aspiration Catheter.
    The Natick, MA-based medical device maker said the Food and Drug Administration has OK’d its catheter system for use in the removal of clots from vessels throughout the body.
    “The Rio Aspiration Catheter provides physicians with a simple, dependable and versatile means of restoring blood flow and improving visibility during intravascular interventions,” said Hank Kucheman, president of Boston Scientific’s interventional cardiology business.
    The Rio Aspiration catheter has two components: a primary lumen used to extract the thrombus from the patient’s vessel, and a second lumen that works with a guide wire used to move the catheter into position within the target artery.