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Article: 1st implant is completed of Mitral Contour System.
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- Medical Device Daily
- Article date:
- July 29, 2005
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1st implant is completed of Mitral Contour System
A Medical Device Daily Staff Report
Cardiac Dimensions (Kirkland, Washington), a developer of devices to treat heart failure and related conditions, reported the first human implant of the Carillon Mitral Contour System, an investigational device for percutaneous treatment of functional mitral regurgitation.
The procedure was performed in Hamburg, Ger-many, by Professor Joachim Schofer, MD, the principal investigator of the company?s AMADEUS trial. AMADEUS, for cArillon Mitral Annuloplasty Device European Union Study, is a safety and efficacy study of the Carillon system at seven centers across ...