Structural heart: Nobles Medical, HeartStitch tout cardiac suture procedures

Structural heart focused HeartStitch and Nobles Medical today touted separate procedures utilizing cardiac sutures with the company’s Hearstitch ST and Noblestitch EL devices. Nobles Medical Tech said that the NobleStitch EL device was used in the 1st percutaneous ASD closure and ASA repair and remodeling without the use of an implantable device. The NobleStitch EL device closes the hole through a minimally invasive cardiovascular suturing procedure, the company said, with a routine cardiac catheterization procedure to secure the closure. “This was the 1st time we used the NobleStitch cardiovascular suturing device in this way. We suspected that the patient, apart from the PFO, also had a small ASD, which was verified during intervention. We started by attempting to cross the PFO, but the ASA made accessing the PFO impossible. Instead we crossed the ASD located in the ASA. Prof. Nobles was consulting during the case to determine the viability to use the NobleStitch in these circumstances, and we elected to suture the ASD and collect enough of the septal tissue to remodel the ASA back to its almost normal structure. After this we were able to access the PFO and close it with a second NobleStitch EL. The NobleStitch allowed us to address these three structural heart abnormalities successfully without implantation of an umbrella, and without the inherent risks of having such a device (arrhythmia, embolization, late erosion),” performing surgeon Dr. Niels Niels...
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Tags: Cardiac Implants Cardiovascular Clinical Trials HeartStitch Nobles Medical Technology Source Type: news