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Soundbite Medical device for treatment of CTOs approved in Canada

Feb. 16, 2021
By David Godkin
TORONTO – Soundbite Medical Solutions Inc. has received Health Canada approval for a shock wave device that jackhammers its way through calcified, chronic total occlusions (CTO) in life-threatening critical limb ischemia (CLI), a severe form of peripheral artery disease. This comes after the Active Wire 0.014” was used for the first time in late January to successfully treat five patients.
Medical technology Regulatory Cardiovascular Canada Health Canada

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