Overview

Boston Scientific is committed to advancing the practice of less-invasive medicine for the digestive system. In 2007, Boston Scientific introduced the SpyGlass™ Direct Visualization System. The SpyGlass System is an integrated product platform that combines capital components and consumable devices to provide an intraluminal view of the biliary ducts. The single-operator cholangioscopy system is designed for use with therapeutic devices such as the SpyBite™ Biopsy Forceps.

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Fast Facts

• Boston Scientific Endoscopy is a market leader in endoscopic devices.

• The symptoms of biliary and pancreatic diseases are routinely treated by Boston Scientific’s exclusive line of RX Biliary devices. These high-performance devices are designed to provide access and control with a sensation of device responsiveness for physicians.

• The WALLSTENT™, Ultraflex™ and Polyflex™ stents are market-leading examples of our commitment to advancing stent technology. A variety of self-expanding metal stents are designed to provide patients with palliative relief for malignant strictures in the colon, duodenum, common bile duct and esophagus. Polyflex self-expanding, silicone-coated stents are designed to provide new treatment options for managing some refractory (recurrent) or inoperable benign strictures of the esophagus and central airway.

• In 2006, Boston Scientific introduced the WallFlex™ Stent technology. This system is designed to offer optimum combination of delivery system access and stent construction to support physician control in performing a stent procedure.

• The market-leading Radial Jaw™ Biopsy Forceps product family was expanded in 2006 to provide large tissue specimens for sampling handling, preparation and accurate histological diagnosis.

• Boston Scientific’s Endoscopy business offers a range of physician and nurse education programs, and hands-on training tools.