Startup behind new heart device partners with medtech incubator

An illustration showing how the Mitria Medical Subvalvular Spacer (SVS) helps repair remodeling of the heart that distorts the valve and prevents proper leaflet closure due to functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). Structural Heart, April 2022, https://www.structuralheartjournal.org/article/S2474-8706(22)01273-8/fulltext.

An illustration showing how the Mitria Medical Subvalvular Spacer (SVS) helps repair remodeling of the heart that distorts the valve and prevents proper leaflet closure due to functional mitral regurgitation (FMR).  Structural Heart, April 2022.

 

 

The new device, designed to perform mitral valve repair in patients with functional MR, was co-invented by cardiologist Samir Kapadia, MD, and surgeon Jose Navia, MD.