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Interventional Bronchoscopy

Boston Scientific provides a broad range of options to support the work of pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons and general surgeons. Boston Scientific is a leading developer of innovative medical technologies used to diagnose, palliate (ease) and treat pulmonary disease symptoms within the airway and lungs. Less-invasive treatment options for pulmonary disease symptoms include products designed to help perform biopsies, retrieve foreign bodies from the airway, open strictures (narrowings of a passage) of the airway, stop internal bleeding, and palliate symptoms of some types of airway cancers.

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Overview

Boston Scientific Pulmonary Endoscopy focuses on helping physicians treat pulmonary disease symptoms by providing them with less-invasive devices.

Click here for a complete list of Boston Scientific Pulmonary Endoscopy products. Always refer to the directions for use of the products cited for complete instructions and warnings.

Fast Facts

Boston Scientific Endoscopy is a market leader in devices for bronchoscopy.

The Ultraflex™ , Polyflex™ and Dynamic™ (Y) stents are market-leading examples of our commitment to advancing stent technology. A variety of self-expanding stents are designed to provide patients with palliative relief for malignant strictures in the airway. Polyflex self-expanding , silicone-coated stents are designed to provide treatment options for managing inoperable benign strictures of the central airway.

In 2003 , Boston Scientific Endoscopy launched balloon dilators used to treat strictures in the airway.

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