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A medical device to treat below-the-knee chronic limb-threatening ischemia, Esprit BTK resorbable scaffold, is shown consisted of pieces of geometric shapes that lined up into a pipe on a blue background — health tech coverage from STAT — Cardiovascular doctors are optimistic about Abbott’s new below-knee stent that disappears into the blood vessel’s walls over the course of three years. Courtesy Abbott

An Abbott device that failed in heart disease patients is getting a new life in patients with severe vascular disease.

The device is a below-knee stent that widens clogged blood vessels, and then vanishes into the vessel’s walls over the course of three years. It also delivers a drug that prevents scar tissue from forming — a common risk factor with traditional metal stents that further narrow the vessel.

Abbott’s first dissolvable stent, for coronary artery disease, received Food and Drug Administration approval in 2016. But the company voluntarily pulled the product from the market just over a year later due to “low commercial uptake.” The device also received mixed results in clinical trials.

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