Cardioblate BP in Europe
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic surgical ablation system earns CE mark for treatment of atrial fibrillation, company announces during European Association of Thoracic Surgeons sessions Oct. 14 in Vienna. The system features a transmurality feedback mechanism that alerts surgeons when the ablation line passes all the way through the tissue, the company notes. Medtronic earned FDA clearance for the device in February 2002 and plans to complete a trial in support of an AF indication in 2004 (1"The Gray Sheet" Aug. 11, 2003, In Brief)...