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Start-Up Spotlight: Apama Medical, Targeting AFib With An RF-Balloon Combo

 
• By Bob Kronemyer

Founded and led by serial entrepreneur Amr Salahieh, Apama Medical is developing a system that aims to combine the advantages of two approaches for treating atrial fibrillation: point-by-point radiofrequency-based ablation and cryoballoon ablation.

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The goal of a new atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation system from Apama Medical Inc. is to bridge the gap that exists today between point-by-point ablation and cryoballoon ablation.

The standard and historic solution for treating AF is to use a radiofrequency (RF)-irrigated catheter with an electrode tip that...

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