ADONA MEDICAL INITIATES FIRST-IN-HUMAN STUDY WITH ITS NOVEL INTERATRIAL SHUNT FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE

• Initial cases conducted in the Republic of Georgia with support from leading US cardiologists
• Adjustable interatrial shunt with integrated bi-atrial pressure monitoring aims to deliver a more personalized lifetime approach to heart failure management

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LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Adona Medical, a Shifamed portfolio company that aims to deliver advanced solutions for heart failure, announced today the successful first-in-human use of its novel interatrial shunt in patients with heart failure. The initial cases were performed by George Khabeishvili, MD, at Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic in the Republic of Georgia, and supported by US heart failure experts Gagan Singh, MD, MS, and Edris Aman, MD.

“I am incredibly excited to be involved in the initial procedures for this groundbreaking technology. The Adona implant represents the next-generation of shunt technology, designed for dynamic interatrial flow that can be modified based on patient-specific hemodynamic needs,” said Dr. Singh, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Unit Director, University of California at Davis. “Heart failure is not a static condition but requires lifetime management. The combination of adjustable shunt size and atrial pressure measurement represents a huge leap forward in device therapy solutions.”

The Adona device includes a shunt that features a flow channel with an adjustable geometry that can be made larger or smaller post-implantation via the use of a proprietary induction catheter. This configurability holds the potential for more individualized treatments compared to current shunt technologies which feature a flow passage with one fixed geometry.

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