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Article: CARILLION MITRAL CONTOUR SYSTEM IMPLANTED FOR AMADEUS.
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- Biotech Equipment Update
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Cardiac Dimensions(R), Inc. has announced the first human implant of the CARILLON(TM) Mitral Contour System(TM), an investigational device for percutaneous treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation (FMR). The procedure was performed in Hamburg Germany by Professor Dr. med. Joachim Schofer -- the principal investigator (PI) of the company's AMADEUS(TM) trial. AMADEUS (cArillon Mitral Annuloplasty Device European Union Study) is a safety and efficacy study of the CARILLON system ongoing at seven centers across Europe. The study will enroll 30 patients, and assess safety and efficacy at 1, 3 and 6 month intervals. "The first patient, a 62 year-old male, presented several ...