I need the list for 

major US manufacturers of stents 
and 
major US manufacturers of angioplasty catheters

Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 10 Oct 2004 07:20 PDT

serkoz-ga,

I can provide a list that looks like this:

PRODUCT.......................COMPANY
	

FAIR URETHRAL STENT	????...	COOK UROLOGICAL INC.
WILTECK BILIARY/PANCREATIC STENT SET	????...	BALLARD MEDICAL PRODUCTS
LIFESTENT BILIARY STENT	????...	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC.
SEPRA PACK	????...	GENZYME CORPORATION
HOBBS MEDICAL URETERAL DOUBLE PIGTAIL STENT SET	????...	HOBBS MEDICAL INC.
HOBBS MEDICAL BILIARY INDWELLING STENT SET	????...	HOBBS MEDICAL INC.
VARIOUS TYPES STERILE STENTS	????...	CORDIS EUROPA N.V.
VARIOUS STERILE STENTS	????...	CORDIS CORP.
VARIOUS TYPES STERILE STENTS	????...	CORDIS CORP.
RX HERCULINK OMNILINK ????...	GUIDANT ENDOVASCULAR SOLUTIONS INC.
NEUROLINK	????...	GUIDANT ENDOVASCULAR SOLUTIONS INC.
NEUROLINK	????...	GUIDANT ENDOVASCULAR SOLUTIONS INC.
FLOWFIL ABSORBABLE INTRAUTERINE STENT	????...	CONFLUENT SURGICALINC
SLK-VIEW OVER-THE-WIRE CORONARY STENT	????...	ADVANCED STENT TECHNOLOGIES
AXXESS BIFURCATED CORONARY STENT STSTEM	????...	DEVAX INC.
NEUROFORM MICRODELIVERY STENT	????...	SMART THERAPEUTICS INC.



There are over 150 such listings on the full list for stents.  I can
create a similar list for catheters.  I can post the lists here (which
tends to be sort of messy, as you can see) and/or I could provide a
link to a spreadsheet file for the lists.

All these companies supply the US market, although they are not
necessarily based in the US -- that is, they may do their
manufacturing elsewhere.

Would lists like these meet your needs?  Let me know.


pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by serkoz-ga on 10 Oct 2004 10:30 PDT

Actually, I need to make a correction on the question. I need the list
for angioplasty catheter manufacturers and cardiovascular stent (not
all stents but cardiovascular stents) manufacturers. Sorry for the
correction.

The company and the product names are just fine. I could use other
information too, but it is not necessary.

Finally, if it is manufactured outside the U.S., it is fine too. I was
wondering if you can make a distinction whether the manufacturer is a
US company or not (e.g. a Chinese company manufacturing stents or
catheters in China vs an American company manufacturing these products
in China)

Thanks for your interest

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Clarification of Question by serkoz-ga on 10 Oct 2004 10:32 PDT

Just one more thing,

It is better for me if it is in a spreadsheet file.

Thakns

Hello serkoz-ga,

The US Food and Drug Administration maintains several
publicly-available databases pertaining to approved medical devices in
the US.

For your purposes, the "Device Listing Database", which identifies the
manufacturers of approved devices, is probably the most relevant.

The database can be searched at:


http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRL/LSTSimpleSearch.cfm


I conducted two searches:



angioplasty and catheter

cardiovascular and stent



and set the "records per report page" to the maximum setting of 500.




The results indicate there are 81 angioplasty catheters on record, and
56 cardiovascular stents (there are fewer numbers of manufacturers,
however, since a single manufacturer may produce several types of
devices).


You can see the results yourself at the FDA site by reproducing the above searches.

Or if you prefer, you can download the results at the links below. 
The downloads have some additional information not contained in the
tables at the FDA site, but the site allows you to click on the
manufacturers for additional information not contained in the
downloads.

Your choice!


I believe these results should fully meet your needs.  But before
rating this answer, please let me know if you need any additional
information.   Just post a Request for Clarification, and I'll be
happy to assist you further.


All the best,

pafalafa-ga




http://68.15.21.151/uploads/researchers/angio_catheters.xls

http://68.15.21.151/uploads/researchers/cardio_stent.xls


Please save these files to you local computer, as they will be deleted
after a week or so.


Again, let me know if you need any additional information.





search strategy:  Used bookmarked sites for the FDA medical devices databases

serkoz-ga,

Thanks so much for the stars!  They're always appreciated.

Glad the information worked for your needs.

paf