PLC Systems Inc. of Milford has received approval from the Brazilian government to market the RenalGuard System, which helps protect patients from a dangerous condition that sometimes results from cardiac and vascular imaging procedures.
PLC won the approval through its exclusive distributor in Brazil, Discomed Comercio de Produtos Hospitalares Ltda. Discomed is now beginning to stock the product and market it to medical professionals.
PLC President and CEO Mark R. Tauscher said in a statement that the approval is especially important because Brazil is often the first nation in South America where new medical technologies are demonstrated.
The company also launched the product in Israel earlier this month, and it’s already being marketed in Europe and elsewhere. It’s still undergoing FDA trials in the U.S.
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