SBIR/STTR Award attributes
The objective of this contract is to design a series of prototype transcatheter devices that will enable a wide range of novel transcatheter procedures for both adult and pediatric structural heart patientsThere is an unmet need for a suite of tools that will enable a wide range of novel but attainable non surgical interventional cardiovascular procedureswhich the contractor will develop and testThese devices will deliver and secure sutures inside the beating heart without surgery and promise a dramatic impact on cardiovascular therapeuticsas conceived of by DrLedermanThe contractor will address the technical and innovation challenges that will be necessary for clinical implementation of DrLederman s discovery