Coils for brain aneurysms

A MEDICAL device company, Boston Scientific Corporation, recently unveiled its next-generation Matrix Detachable Coils for the treatment of brain aneurysms. Malaysia is one of the first countries in Asia to offer the copolymer coated coils that are an enhancement over traditional bare platinum coils currently used in treating brain aneurysms.  

A brain aneurysm is an abnormal widening of an artery or vein in the brain. These are caused by a weakness in the wall of an artery or vein within the brain, which if left untreated, could burst and lead to intra-cranial bleeding (essentially a haemorrhagic stroke). Other complications include repeated episodes of bleeding, hydrocephalus (the excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid), and spasm of the blood vessels of the brain.