SURGERY; CorMatrix Cardiovascular Announces First European Implants of CorMatrix(R) ECM Technology(TM)

CorMatrix Cardiovascular, Inc., an Atlanta-based company that primarily focuses on developing and delivering unique extracellular matrix (ECM Technology) biomaterial devices that harness the body's uncanny ability to repair damaged cardiovascular tissue, announced that it has begun its expansion in Europe following the first use of the CorMatrix(R) ECM Technology(TM) in a patient undergoing cardiac surgery. The technology from CorMatrix has been used to "close the pericardium of a 70-year-old patient following triple coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery." Doctors that have used CorMatrix technology have held it in high esteem and are willing to use it in their surgical process because ultimately it " [restores] the patient's normal anatomical structures" which the doctors believe to be in the patients best interest. As far as physiology is concerned, the benefits from utilizing the technology is obvious; "Closure of the pericardium is beneficial as it restores the natural barrier between the heart and the chest wall; it protects the heart, underlying grafts that were applied to the heart, and makes it easier and safer to re-access the heart if a subsequent procedure is required," says Dr. Robert G. Matheny.

Here's how it works, " following implantation by a surgeon, the CorMatrix ECM Technology acts as a scaffold into which the patient's own cells migrate and integrate, stimulating the body's innate wound-healing mechanisms to repair tissue at the site of implantation. As the patient's cells populate the matrix, they lay down their own collagen, which matures over time to form a functional tissue repair. The implanted ECM(TM) material is gradually replaced and reabsorbed by the body as the patient's tissue is remodeled." This new and innovative technology can also be used, and has been used on over 500,000 non-cardiovascular procedures to date!


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