RenalGuard Solutions touts first-in-man heart failure device study results

RenalGuard Solutions today touted results from a first-in-man feasibility study of its RenalGuard System designed to manage fluids during diuretic therapy to treat congestive heart failure in patients suffering from fluid overload. Results from the trial were presented at the annual Devices in Heart Failure congress in Berlin, Germany, the Milford, Mass.-based company said. The company’s RenalGuard device is designed to measure urine output and automatically infuse hydration fluid based on those measurements, aiming to induce high urine rates to protect the kidneys, the company said. Data from the study followed the treatment of 10 diuretic resistant patients with heart failure symptoms receiving diuretic therapy while fluid management was controlled by the RenalGuard system. “None of the patients we treated experienced a fluid loss rate greater than the settings we established. RenalGuard Therapy is remarkably simple and safe, and works automatically to carefully achieve and control the desired fluid balance,” Dr. Piotr Ponikowski, who co-presented the results of the study, said in a prepared statement. “There is a clear unmet clinical need for alternative methods of fluid removal with superior efficacy in patients with heart failure. This first-in-man study demonstrated that RenalGuard can safely be used in these patients while maintaining the proper conditions to both prevent diuretic resistance, and increase the removal of excess fluid from the p...
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Cardiovascular Clinical Trials RenalGuard Solutions Source Type: news