St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of First and Only Combined FFR and OCT System
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ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ – News), a global medical device company, today announced it has received European CE Mark approval for its ILUMIEN™ system, the first integrated diagnostic technology that combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) technologies on one platform. The combined system offers physicians advanced physiological and anatomical insight to improve the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease.
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