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First Procedure of Inovare Via Transfemoral in India

Another decisive moment at the forefront of cardiovascular technology in the world. Inovare transfemoral implants from Braile Biomédica, from São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil, have been successfully completed in India. With these, for patients have the new device of surgical correction of the heart, minimally invasive, by femoral access. The procedures were performed at SIMS Hospital in Chennai by surgeons A. B Gopalamurugan and Prashant Vaijyanath. Just over two months ago, in São Paulo, the first implant of Inovare® Transfemoral was performed, performed by the heart team of Escola Paulista de Medicina. These three procedures mark the unprecedented and promising phase of access for implants of the already highly acclaimed TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) Inovare®. It is worth mentioning that Inovare was developed by Braile Biomédica in collaboration with UNIFESP (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) and UNESP (Universidade do Estado de São Paulo), with the support of FAPESP (Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) and FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos). The product, one of the most important advances in the surgical correction of heart diseases today, is the fruit of a successful and pioneering partnership between industry and university, represented by Dr. Domingo Braile, Dr. Ênio Buffolo, Dr. José Honorio A. Palma de Fonseca and Dr. Diego Felipe Gaia, of the Escola Paulista de Medicina. In the development of Transcateter Inovare transfemoral, the team joined with the interventional cardiologist Dr. Henrique Ribeiro, from the Instituto do Coração de São Paulo. To enable this new access, a new delivery device of high complexity was developed, which guarantees even less invasive procedures.
This new version of TAVI Inovare is already being registered with ANVISA.
From 2012, when it was launched, to date, some 750 implants of Inovare (transapical and transaortic via) have been added to patients from Brazil and other countries in Latin America and India. The procedures in India were supported by the team of specialists from Braile Biomédica, Vinicius Ladeia and Guilherme Custódio, as well as Elysian Fields, consultants Gavin French and Silvia Dini.