Neovasc Reducer™ for Refractory Angina Featured in Live Case Session at ICI 2011
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--Live Procedure at Major International Cardiovascular Conference Highlights the Reducer's Ease of Implantation--
VANCOUVER, BC and TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Neovasc Inc. (TSXV: NVC), a developer of novel technologies used to treat vascular disease, today announced that its Neovasc Reducer™ product was featured in a "live case" broadcast today at the 2011 Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI) conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the live case broadcast, Drs. Shmuel Banai and Amir Halkin successfully implanted a Neovasc Reducer product in the coronary sinus of a patient suffering from refractory angina. The minimally invasive procedure took approximately 10 minutes to complete.
The Neovasc Reducer is a novel device designed to treat the millions of patients worldwide who suffer from refractory angina, a painful and debilitating condition that occurs when the coronary arteries deliver an inadequate supply of blood to the heart muscle. Refractory angina currently affects an estimated two million patients worldwide, who often lead severely restricted lives. The incidence of refractory angina is growing, yet current treatment options are limited. In November, the Reducer received CE mark approval allowing the product to be marketed for implantation in patients in all member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
"Following on our recent receipt of a CE mark in Europe, this live case broadcast at ICI highlights our Reducer product as an innovative new treatment for the millions of patients disabled by refractory angina," said Alexei Marko, CEO of Neovasc. "We are continuing our activities aimed at making the Reducer broadly available as a new treatment option for refractory angina patients who lack alternatives for relieving their symptoms and improving their quality of life, focusing on completing the COSIRA trial and establishing patient registries to collect additional data on the Reducer in routine clinical use."
The live case transmission: Coronary Sinus Reducer Implantation in a Patient with Refractory Angina and Severe Myocardial Ischemia, took place at ICI 2011 on Monday, December 5 at 12:15pm IST. Drs. Shmuel Banai and Amir Halkin performed the procedure at the Tel Aviv Medical Center.
About the Neovasc Reducer™
The Reducer has received a CE mark designation in Europe for the treatment of refractory angina, a painful and debilitating condition that occurs when the coronary arteries deliver an inadequate supply of blood to the heart muscle. Refractory angina currently affects over two million patients worldwide, who typically experience severe chest pain from even minor physical exertion and as a result lead restricted lives. The incidence of refractory angina is growing, yet these patients have largely exhausted available treatment options. The Reducer is intended to provide relief of refractory angina symptoms by altering blood flow in the coronary sinus vein and thereby increasing perfusion of oxygenated blood to certain areas of the heart muscle. Placement of the Reducer is performed using a percutaneous procedure that is similar to implanting a coronary stent and takes 20 minutes or less. Neovasc is presently enrolling patients in the COSIRA trial, a multicenter, sham-controlled, randomized, double-blinded study designed to further demonstrate the efficacy of the Reducer product and to support additional regulatory applications.
About ICI 2011
"Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI) - From Idea to Reality" is being held on December 4-6, 2011 at the David Intercontinental Convention Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. This leading meeting for interventional cardiologists, entrepreneurs and the cardiovascular industry will focus on innovative technology and therapies and cover all stages of the innovation process from the bench to the patient bedside. For more information, visit http://www.icimeeting.com.
About Neovasc Inc.
Neovasc Inc. is a specialty medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets products for the rapidly growing cardiovascular marketplace. Its products include the Neovasc Reducer™ for the treatment of refractory angina, the Tiara™ technology in development for the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve disease and a line of advanced biological tissue products that are used as key components in a variety of third-party medical products, such as vascular surgical patches and transcatheter heart valves. For more information, visit: www.neovasc.com.
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