State-of-the-art preclinical testing of the OMEGATM left atrial appendage occluder.
Ole de BackerHussein HafizAurelie FabrePornthep LertsapcharoenSuphot SrimahachotaDavid FoleyLars SondergaardPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
This series of carefully planned in-vivo and in-vitro experiments allowed demonstration of the safety and efficacy of the OMEGATM LAA occluder. This approach of thorough preclinical testing of medical devices may reduce the risk of complications in first-in-human cases and may become the standard approach for device development and preclinical testing in the future.