Have you been diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease?
This means that some of your blood vessels are constricted or closed off and your doctor has determined that you need a stent or a bypass (also called diversion) to improve blood flow to the heart.
Bypass surgery is an established treatment for coronary artery disease. In conventional procedures, the connection between the graft and coronary artery is created manually using sutures.
The Elana® Anastomotic System is designed to provide an alternative method for creating this connection using a clip-and-laser approach. This innovation is intended to support the development of less invasive surgical techniques.
The Elana® Anastomotic System combines a small titanium clip with a laser catheter. The clip connects the graft vessel to the coronary artery, after which the laser creates the opening between the vessels. The clip remains in place to secure the connection. This process is designed to support efficient and consistent creation of the anastomosis.
The system is designed to support consistent creation of the anastomosis and to reduce procedural variability associated with manual suturing techniques.
It is intended for use in CABG procedures, including off-pump approaches in selected cases.
The Elana® technology was first developed for brain surgery, where it has been used successfully in hundreds of patients with complex aneurysms. Building on this proven foundation, AMT Medical has optimized the technology for use in coronary bypass surgery. Our vision is to help surgeons perform minimally invasive bypass operations with greater precision, less trauma, and faster recovery for patients.
‘‘The clip is about as tiny as my eight-years old’s fingernail. We believe that minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass surgery with this device will be less traumatic and damaging for the patient. So, the recovery time will be shorter. And above all, the anastomosis will be standardized.”
Dr. Patrick Klein
Cardiothoracic surgeon at St Antonius Hospital in The Netherlands
