INVAMED BLOG
The latest insights, innovations, and perspectives from the world of medical technology.
A stent is a small mesh tube placed inside a narrowed vessel or duct to keep it open. This guide explains how stents work, the main types, the procedure, and life after a stent.
Drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents both deliver an anti-restenotic drug to a treated artery — but one leaves an implant behind and one does not. How the two compare and when each is preferred.
Renal denervation ablates overactive sympathetic nerves along the renal arteries to lower blood pressure that resists medication. Mechanism, evidence arc, procedure, and device considerations.
A clinician's guide to coronary stent sizing: how interventional cardiologists select stent diameter, length, and platform based on lesion anatomy.
Stent vs bypass surgery: how heart teams weigh vessel involvement, lesion complexity, and patient risk to guide treatment decisions.
An educational technical guide to coronary artery disease & cardiac interventions device technologies from INVAMED — how they work, options compared, and…
A drug-coated balloon coronary approach delivers antiproliferative therapy without a permanent implant, a strategy often discussed for in-stent restenosis.
Open-cell vs closed-cell stent design: understand the structural differences, flexibility trade-offs, and how each geometry behaves in coronary vessels.
How long do you take blood thinners after a stent? An educational, technical answer with device context from INVAMED. Informational only — not medical…
What a guide extension catheter does in coronary PCI, how mother-and-child systems improve deliverability, and when they are used.
Sirolimus coating in drug-eluting stents: an overview of the anti-proliferative mechanism, dose density, and role in reducing in-stent restenosis.
Understanding stent deployment pressure is key to safe angioplasty. Learn the difference between nominal pressure, rated burst pressure, and compliance charts.