RenalGuard Scores High at ESC-HF with Feasibility Results

A feasibility study could help put RenalGuard on the path to commercialization in the U.S. for its diuretic therapy. The Milford, MA-based company presented the results of the RenalGuard-Guided Diuretic Therapy, during a late-breaking presentation at the European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure conference in Vienna. The company’s technology is comprised of a Console and a RenalGuard Single Use Set for infusion and urine collection. The Single Use Set contains a urine collection set which connects to a patient's Foley catheter and an infusion set which connects to a standard IV catheter. The console measures the volume of urine in the collection set and infuses an equal volume of hydration fluid to match the patient's urine output. The Console relies on software and electronic weight measurements to control the rate at which fluid is infused and to monitor urine volume. “We make sure the patient’s intravascular volume is negative,” Jim Dillion, RenalGuard, president and CEO, told MD+DI. “As much as they put out in terms of urine output, we put in, in terms of IV solution. “We measure that balance six times a minute. In the application for heart failure we’re dealing with an enormous population of fluid overloaded patients.” This first-in-human clinical trial evaluated nine patients hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF). In the study patients underwent 24 hours of standard diuretic therapy with intravenous furosemide, followed by 24 hours...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Cardiovascular IV Products Source Type: news