AccuMend
SL™ CVR Kits
An Alternative to Porcine, Bovine and Cadaver Heart Valves
Reconstruction with Autologous Tissue
WHAT does
CardioMend® provide? ▫ AccuMend SL™ CVR (Cardiac Valve Reconstruction) kits
containing -Size-specific
Impact Cutting System, disposable -Size-specific
Tissue Holder, disposable ▫ Sizer-Marker and Sizer-Symmetry tools,
reusable ▫ 100 ml of dilute buffered
glutaraldehyde solution HOW is the
reconstruction performed? ▫ Pericardium harvested, cleaned and
lightly tanned with glutaraldehyde ▫ Sizing with Sizer-Marker and
Sizer-Symmetry tools ▫ Annulus defined and optionally marked
with methylene blue dye ▫ Size-specific trefoil cut with Impact
Cutting System ▫ Tissue held in anatomical orientation
for suture placement ▫ Reconstruction accomplished with 3
double-armed sutures and 3 knots WHY use
lightly tanned autologous pericardium? ▫ Resistant to calcification in all age
cohorts ▫ Non-immunogenic ▫ Ideal biomechanical properties ▫ Available sterile at operation, no
procurement issues ▫ No risk of disease transmission ▫ Biologically better and more cost
effective than animal or cadaver tissue
AUTOLOGOUS PERICARDIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF
AORTIC AND PULMONIC
VALVES
USA CardioMend LLC 2410 Fletcher
Avenue Suite 101 Santa Barbara,
CA 93108 Phone: 805
563-6070 Fax: 805 563-4350 Cardio Life Research s.a. Rue de Clairvaux 40/203 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Phone: + 32 10 48 04 90 Fax: +32 10 45 69 26
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