Capstan Medical today announced the first successful transcatheter mitral valve replacements using its novel implant and surgical robotics system. Santa Cruz, California–based Capstan Medical said it’s the first time a minimally invasive robotic structural heart platform has been used in clinical practice. “Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of structural heart therapy,” Capstan […]
transcatheter mitral valve replacement
8 companies commercializing transcatheter mitral valve replacements
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement is a new frontier in the cardio device field, with big legacy medical device companies including Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic and Abbott spending hundreds of millions of dollars on companies in the space. Much different from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) has been mostly experimental. TMVR is used […]
