The first-in-man trials of SafeHeal Medical’s Colovac, a colonic anastomosis protection device designed to obviate the need for diverting ostomies in patients undergoing colectomy, will begin enrolling patients in Europe by the end of 2016, according to CEO Anne Osdoit.
The safety and feasibility of Colovac, invented by digestive surgeon Charam Khosrovani in Sorgues, France, has been established in pre-clinical...