COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ:SPNC) today announced that Professor Marianne Brodmann of Medical University Graz, Austria, will present the final 12-month results of the Stellarex Drug-coated Balloon’s ILLUMENATE European Randomized Clinical Trial at the Amputation Prevention Symposium (AMP) in Chicago, Illinois, on August 10, 2016. The presentation will begin at 4:40 pm CDT.
The ILLUMENATE European Randomized Clinical Trial enrolled more than 300 patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease. The study results will be available sooner than previously anticipated and will be presented for the first time at AMP. The data will also be shared at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in September.
About the Stellarex DCB Platform
The Stellarex DCB platform is designed to treat peripheral arterial disease. The Stellarex DCB uses EnduraCoat™ technology, a durable, uniform coating designed to prevent drug loss during transit and facilitate controlled, efficient drug delivery to the treatment site. The Stellarex DCB platform received CE mark to be marketed in the European Union in December 2014. It is not for sale in the United States.
About Spectranetics
The Spectranetics Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and distributes medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures within the cardiovascular system. The Company's products are available in over 65 countries and are used to treat arterial blockages in the heart and legs and in the removal of pacemaker and defibrillator leads.
The Company's Vascular Intervention (VI) products include a range of laser catheters for ablation of blockages in arteries above and below the knee, the AngioSculpt scoring balloon used in both peripheral and coronary procedures, and the Stellarex drug-coated balloon peripheral angioplasty platform, which received European CE mark approval in December 2014. The Company also markets support catheters to facilitate crossing of peripheral and coronary arterial blockages, and retrograde access and guidewire retrieval devices used in the treatment of peripheral arterial blockages, including chronic total occlusions. The Company markets aspiration and cardiac laser catheters to treat blockages in the heart.
The Lead Management (LM) product line includes excimer laser sheaths, dilator sheaths, mechanical sheaths and accessories for the removal of pacemaker and defibrillator cardiac leads.
For more information, visit www.spectranetics.com.