St. Jude, Heartport developing Port-Access minimally invasive valve system.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
ST. JUDE, HEARTPORT COLLABORATING ON PORT-ACCESS VALVE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM, a minimally invasive system for implanting St. Jude heart valves using Redwood City, California-based Heartport's port-access heart surgery technique. St. Jude Medical and Heartport announced on Sept. 12 an agreement to jointly develop the system.