About Cagent
Providing Endovascular Specialists with Better Solutions
At our core, we are innovators. Searching for better outcomes for all patients.
Who We Are
Cagent Vascular is a team of medical device professionals who work diligently to develop new, high-quality, innovative technologies for physicians to use in treating patients.
MIssion
Making a Difference in the Lives of Patients
Dedicated to improving the treatment of cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of mortality and poor quality of life worldwide.
Vision
Forever Changing Angioplasty for the Better
Become the leader in angioplasty technology with the first and only serration balloon to restore blood flow.
Origin Story
Angioplasty has been widely used as the primary tool for endovascular procedures for nearly 50 years. Although effective, it has many limitations and trade-offs. We believe we have developed a more effective and elegant solution to build on the standard angioplasty platform.
The Product
The combination of time and point force enables effective, stable, and consistent results. The Serranator has stainless steel, serrated metal strips which contact the artery wall during balloon inflation and create interrupted rows of scoring. This allows for predictable and controlled lumen expansion along these lines as the balloon inflates to nominal pressure. The Serranator can achieve lumen gain at lower pressures than POBA, thereby achieving optimal lumen gain without the need for high pressure.
The Technology
For centuries, serration - or an array of tooth-like points of contact - has been used to apply greater, more precise points of pressure in many industries including automotive, construction and aviation. With the Serranator, serrations are being applied to angioplasty. While the concept is new for angioplasty, it employs the same physics principals. The small points of contact apply greater pressure at each point on a surface. The serrated line created is more responsive to directed energy and will open more predictably.
