Oman's Salalah Medical Device Manufacturing Co (SMDM) is set to supply the heavily regulated markets of the USA and the European Union with its medical guidewire devices following its fourth regulatory endorsement in two years, Oman Daily Observer has reported. Guidewires are small diameter spring coils that facilitate the guided placement of catheters and other medical devices used in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous medical conditions. The company has been given the green light to use the Certificate of Conformity Europe (CE Mark) on its devices, granting it access to the 27 countries that make up the EU.