- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A procedure in which abnormal cells are destroyed by radiofrequency (RF) energy. The energy is transferred to the tissue via a catheter.
Industry:Medical devices
Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity. During catheterization, fluids are injected or withdrawn for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See also cardiac catheterization.
Industry:Medical devices
A blood clot formed in one part of the body and then carried by the bloodstream to the brain, where it blocks an artery.
Industry:Medical devices
Bleeding from an artery in the brain, caused by a head injury or a burst aneurysm.
Industry:Medical devices
A blood clot (thrombus) that forms and blocks blood flow in an artery that supplies blood to part of the brain. It is the most common cause of stroke.
Industry:Medical devices
A sudden, severe attack of paralysis, loss of vision, sensation, or speech resulting from brain cell damage caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain or from injury to the brain or spinal cord. Also called cerebral vascular accident, apoplexy, or stroke.
Industry:Medical devices
Inability of the heart to give a heart rate that matches the needs of the body.
Industry:Medical devices
The movement of blood through the vessels. Circulation is induced by the pumping action of the heart, enabling the flow of nutrients and oxygen through the body.
Industry:Medical devices
