TAVI Insights – BIBA Medtech Insights

Novel repositionable TAVI valve has acceptable early clinical outcomes

Source: BIBA MedTech TAVI Monitor A new study indicates that the Meridian transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) valve (HLT) is associated with a 30-day mortality rate of 8% and a six-month mortality rate of 12%. The valve is fully retrievable after deployment, which allows an accurate assessment of valve positioning and performance [...]

Edwards Lifesciences drops its self-expanding TAVI valve in favour of focusing on its balloon-expanding range

Source: BIBA MedTech TAVI Monitor Edwards Lifesciences—in a press statement announcing its global second quarter (Q2) financial results—has revealed that it is taking the self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device Centera off the market. The company says resources will instead be focused on the balloon-expanding Sapien range of TAVI devices, adding [...]