FreedomFlow, a device designed to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD), received FDA clearance earlier this month. Dr. Craig Walker, Dr. Pradeep Naier and Dr. McCall Walker performed the initial U.S. cases with the device. The procedures took place at the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) at the Terrebonne General Health System in Houma, Louisiana.
Cardio Flow designed FreedomFlow with a modern mechanism of action to clear plaque blockages in the arteries of the legs. The design uses the physics of angular momentum to create a spiral geometry. It puts five diamond-coated spheres in simultaneous contact with the vessel wall. The diamond-coated tip also helps ease the driveshaft through tight blockages.
The first patient treated at Terrebonne had complex arterial anatomy and multiple bl…