Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) won CE Mark approval in the European for its percutaneous aortic valve replacement system, CoreValve.
The device is "the only transcatheter aortic valve available in the world that can treat – without surgery – patients with larger valve openings (up to 29mm)," according to a press release.
CoreValve is the largest transcatheter valve available, but can compress into a small delivery system to be deployed in the same delivery system as smaller CoreValve sizes.
This latest win fills brings the larger valve into Medtronic’s portfolio of individually sized valves, which includes 26mm, 29mm and 31 mm valves, all based on the same self-expanding platform that won CE Mark in 2007.
The system is limited to investigational use in the U.S., the Minneapolis, Minn.-based med-tech giant reported.
The device has seen a series of trials as well as a patent infringement lawsuit against Edwards Lifesciences Inc. (NYSE:EW) in the past year.
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