Year of First Report |
Name of the Device |
1975 |
Rashkind’s hooked single-disc and double-disc devices |
1988 |
Rashkind’s double umbrella device |
1989 |
Rashkind PDA Occluder System |
1990 |
Clamshell device |
1996 |
CardioSEAL Device |
1997 |
Buttoned device |
1998 |
Self-adjustable buttoned device |
1999 |
Amplatzer VSD occluder |
1999 |
Detachable steel coil |
1999 |
Gianturco coils |
2002 |
Amplatzer membranous VSD occluder |
2003 |
Wireless devices (detachable balloon & transcatheter patch) |
2003 |
STARFlex device |
2003 |
Nit-occlud device |
2004 |
Amplatzer postinfarct muscular VSD (PIMVSD) device |
PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; VSD, ventricular septal defect