Guidant Contak TR
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Pulse generator for treatment of congestive heart failure is implanted in initial patients in Europe. The device provides biventricular pacing and utilizes Guidant's Easytrak transvenous, over-the-wire lead system to reach the left side of the heart, and a standard bradycardia lead for the right ventricle. In February, the firm began clinicals of its Contak CD system for CHF, which provides biventricular pacing as well as cardioversion and defibrillation therapies