PREDICTABLE DEPLOYMENT

• Proprietary EX.P.R.T.™ release technology essentially eliminates premature deployment or jumping.
• There's no stent shortening.
• Unique anatomically designed tapered stent for better fit in the carotid bifurcation.
• Offers 0.014" rapid exchange catheter with 6 F low crossing profile and flexible atraumatic tip.
• Radiopaque marker on catheter clearly indicates tapered location for precise positioning.

VISIBLE RESULTS

• Tantalum GPS™ markers enhance visibility for precise positioning and result confirmation.
• Cell design produces expansion force that resists compression while providing excellent wall apposition.
• Straight and tapered options for customized fit in carotid vessels.

Contraindications: Use of the Protégé RX carotid stent system is contraindicated under these circumstances: Patients in whom anticoagulant, antiplatelet therapy or thrombolytic drugs is contraindicated; patients with vascular tortuosity or anatomy, which precludes the safe introduction of the sheath, guide catheter, embolic protection system, or stent system; patients with known hypersensitivity to nickel-titanium; patients with uncorrected bleeding disorders; lesions in the ostium of the common carotid artery.

WARNING: Only physicians who have received appropriate training and are familiar with the principles, clinical applications, complications, side effects and hazards commonly associated with carotid interventional procedures should use this device

Potential adverse events which may be associated with the use of a stent in the common and/or external iliac arteries include, but are not limited to: Abrupt closure, Allergic reactions to procedural medications, contrast dye or device materials, Amaurosis fugax, Aneurysm, Angina/coronary ischemia, Arrhythmia, Arterial occlusion or thrombosis at puncture site or remote site, Arteriovenous fistula, Bacteremia or septicemia, Bleeding from anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications, Bleeding, with or without transfusion, Cerebral edema, Cerebral hemorrhage, Cerebral ischemia or transient ischemic attack (TIA), Congestive heart failure (CHF), Death, Detachment of a component of the device system, Embolism (air, tissue, thrombus), Emergent or urgent endarterectomy surgery (CEA), Fever, Filter thrombosis or occlusion, Fluid overload, Groin hematoma, with or without surgical repair, Hemorrhage, with or without transfusion, Hyperperfusion syndrome, Hypotension or hypertension. Infection and/or pain at the puncture site, Ischemia or infarction of tissue/organ, Myocardial infarction (MI), Pain (head, neck), Pseudoaneurysm, femoral, Renal failure/insufficiency (new or worsening), Restenosis of stented segment, Seizure, Severe unilateral headache, Slow/no flow during procedure, Stent/filter collapse or fracture, Stent/filter entanglement or damage, Stent/filter failure to deploy, Stent embolization, migration or misplacement, Stent or vessel thrombosis/occlusion, Stroke/cerebrovascular accident (CVA), Total occlusion of carotid artery, Vessel dissection, flap, perforation, or rupture,Vessel spasm or recoil.