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# FDA Approves Medtronic Pipeline Device
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-approves-medtronic-pipeline-device/
- Published: 2021-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T16:55:45.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5149156

FDA has approved Medtronic’s Pipeline Flex embolization device with Shield Technology. The company [says](https://news.medtronic.com/2021-04-21-Medtronic-Receives-U-S-FDA-Approval-for-Pipeline-TM-Flex-Embolization-Device-with-Shield-Technology-TM?ref=fdaweb.com) it developed Shield Technology, a proprietary breakthrough in biomaterial science, to advance flow diversion therapy by introducing the first surface-modified implant device that demonstrates a reduction in material thrombogenicity. The Pipeline device has been available for 10 years and diverts blood flow away from a brain aneurysm, Medtronic says.