Businessweek

AngioDynamics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells a range of medical, surgical and diagnostic devices used by professional healthcare providers for vascular access, for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, and for use in oncology and surgical settings. The company’s devices are used in minimally invasive, image-guided procedures. Divisions The company operates in two divisions, Vascular and Oncology/Surgery. VASCULAR The Vascular Division manages its Fluid Management, Venous, Angiographic, PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty), Drainage, Thrombolytic, Targeted Renal Therapy, Micro Access Kits, Dialysis, PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) and Port product lines. Fluid Management: The company’s product offering includes the NAMIC Fluid Management portfolio. The NAMIC product line provides clinicians dependable devices that help in the diagnosis and treatment of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular disease. The NAMIC product line includes an offering of manifolds, contrast management systems, closed fluid systems, guidewires, disposable transducers and interventional accessories. These devices are utilized together and allow clinicians to aspirate or inject contrast, saline, remove waste and monitor invasive blood pressures throughout the procedure. The company manufactures convenience kits for customers, which incorporate the NAMIC devices they need for their procedures. NAMIC Squeeze Contrast Controller – Designed to help labs minimize the amount of contrast wasted, the Squeeze Contrast Controller contrast management system contains two one-way check valves that prevent cross contamination of the contrast source, flexible chamber and unique green ball fluid level indicator. Perceptor Manifold and Compensator Manifold – Provides clinicians a manifold with an integral transducer and allows for single operator re-zeroing during the procedure, in the sterile field. Protection Station and Protection Station Plus – Provides clinicians an OSHA-compliant closed system that helps minimize exposure to blood borne pathogens and simplifies set up and up during a procedure. Saver-7 and Acceler-8 Angiographic Control Syringes – NEW 7 mL and 8 mL Angiographic Control syringes that provide clinicians a small barrel designed to require less force during injection of contrast through a 4F Catheter and to provide smoother aspiration and injection. Venous Products: The company’s venous products consist of its VenaCure EVLT laser system and Sotradecol. The VenaCure EVLT laser system products are used in endovascular laser procedures to treat superficial venous disease (varicose veins). With its VenaCure EVLT laser system, laser energy is used to stop the reflux by ablating, or collapsing and destroying, the affected vein. The company’s products are sold as a system that includes diode laser hardware with its family of disposable laser fiber components, training and marketing materials. The disposable components in the system include a laser fiber system featuring its NeverTouch gold-tip technology, an access sheath, access wires and needles. The procedure kits come in various lengths and configurations to accommodate varied patient anatomies. In 2011, the company expanded its VenaCure EVLT portfolio by launching a laser with a 1470 nanometer wavelength. Angiographic Products and Accessories: Angiographic products and accessories are used during virtually every peripheral vascular interventional procedure. These products permit interventional physicians to reach targeted locations within the vascular system to deliver contrast media for visualization purposes and therapeutic agents and devices, such as PTA balloons. Angiographic products consist primarily of angiographic catheters, but also include entry needles and guidewires specifically designed for peripheral interventions and fluid management products. The company manufactures angiographic catheters and guidewires that are available in approximately 500 tip configurations and lengths. Soft-Vu: The company’s proprietary Soft-Vu angiographic catheter technology incorporates a soft, atraumatic tip that is visualized unde