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I have placed about 60 of these and overall like the port. However, we recently had one come back after 4-5 months with one of the nubs on the port surface eroded through the skin. I have heard of others having this problem. In addition, they package the port catheter in a tight coil. No matter how I place it in the patient, the catheter curves toward the atrial wall. In one patient it was so severe it caused SVT. Overall, I have liked this port and it has functioned well. We are evaluating other power injectable ports due to what we see is a design flaw. See the picture.

This is a very high class stainless steel 0.014 system in the normal range of renal sizes. The stent is very securely fixed to the balloon and has very smooth low profile. If the lesion can be crossed with 4F diagnostic catheter the Formula stent will cross without resistance. It is very pushable with a range of shaft lengths available.