Tag: tricuspid valve

Tricuspid Valve Repair Company 4Tech Inc. Appoints Tom Fleming as President and CEO, and Dr. Keith Dawkins as CMO

GALWAY, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– 4Tech Inc., a leader in the field of transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, announces changes in its leadership team: Tom Fleming will join the company as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective as of March 2018; and Keith D. Dawkins, M.D., has joined as Chief Medical Officer (CMO), effective immediately. Tom Fleming replaces Mike Ennen, who […]

NaviGate Cardiac Structures, Inc. (“NCSI”) reports world’s first successful transcatheter implantation of 52-mm tricuspid valve into a transplanted-heart patient

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Aug. 30, 2017 – NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc. (“NCSI”) announced today that its GATE™ catheter-guided tricuspid atrioventricular valved stent (A VS) was implanted through the jugular vein six weeks ago into a patient’s transplanted heart that was failing due to severe tricuspid valve insufficiency. The successful implantation of the GATE™ A VS […]

Abbott Leads Way in First Clinical Trial of Minimally Invasive Clip-Based Repair System for Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valves

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 9, 2017 — Abbott today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a clinical study to evaluate a minimally invasive clip-based repair system for treating people with moderate or severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR), a common condition affecting the right side of the heart. The first patient was enrolled at […]