1.   Boston Scientific also faces a threat in its market for angioplasty balloons as doctors switch to balloons with stents attached, analysts said.

2.   About half its revenue comes from angioplasty balloons, which are used to open clogged arteries, analysts said.

3.   Cordis is the fourth leading manufacturer of catheters and angioplasty balloons that are used to clear the blood vessels and position the stent.

4.   Cordis makes catheters and angioplasty balloons that are used to clear the vessels and position the stent.

5.   Sales and marketing will be integrated with that of SciMed Life Systems Inc. of Minneapolis, a Boston Scientific company that makes angioplasty balloons.

6.   Sales slowed in July and August more than usual across all divisions, Best said, citing in particular a slowdown in angioplasty balloons.

7.   The company earlier this year bought one of the biggest makers of angioplasty balloons, which often are used with the Rotablator.

8.   The researchers will coat a tiny angioplasty balloon with a polymer that is impregnated with vegf genes.

9.   They were guests of Medtronic Inc., a company in Dallas that sells things like pacemakers and angioplasty balloons.

10.   A German court ruled Tuesday that a stent delivery system and angioplasty balloons developed by Medtronic AVE Inc. infringe on a Boston Scientific Corp. patent, Boston Scientific said.