Patient Suffering from Acute Myocardial Infarction is Treated with New Mechanical Thrombectomy Device

    PARK CITY, UT, March 05, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. George Adams, an interventional cardiologist with North Carolina Heart and Vascular, successfully treated a patient having an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with the Aspire Mechanical Thrombectomy System.

The patient presented with chest pain, nausea and shortness of breath. An angiogram was performed and showed a long segment of thrombus occluding the ramus intermedius, a blood vessel in the coronary arteries. Dr. Adams used the Aspire Mechanical Thrombectomy device to remove the thrombus, and then he was able to angioplasty and stent the artery, relieving the patient from his symptoms.

"When a patient is having an AMI, removing the thrombus in the symptomatic artery is important," said Dr. George Adams. "The Aspire device allows me to remove the thrombus quickly, helping to relieve the patients symptoms."

The ASPIRE Systems allow clinicians to instantly start, stop, increase, decrease, pulse, or maintain thrombectomy force during the procedure. ASPIRE Mechanical Aspirators also aspirate up to 280ml, almost 10 times more than basic syringe systems, without multiple messy and time-consuming catheter connections, disconnections, and re-connections.

"Over 1M patients suffer MI's each year," said Shawn Fojtik, CEO of Control Medical Technology. "The Aspire Device is a tool physicians can use to treat this condition effectively. The device is simple to connect, and both clinically and cost effective for physicians and hospitals to use."

The patented ASPIRE RX-LP6 Mechanical Thrombectomy System includes an ASPIRE Mechanical Aspirator (drive unit/pump) and a low-profile rapid-exchange (RX) thrombectomy catheter. ASPIRE Mechanical Aspirators are also available alone and may be connected to any thrombectomy catheter the clinician chooses to use. Control Medical also manufactures ASPIRE MAX Mechanical Thrombectomy Systems with larger over-the-wire (OTW) thrombectomy catheters for use in the peripheral vasculature.

Control Medical Technology designs, develops, and markets innovative thrombus (blood clot) management, biopsy, and aspiration devices, including the patented ASPIRE Mechanical AspiratorTM, ASPIRE RX-LP6 Mechanical Thrombectomy SystemTM, and ASPIRE MAX Thrombectomy SystemTM, and other devices to improve patient care. For more information about Control Medical, call (954) 534-9345 or visit www.CONTROLMEDTECH.com.

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