Medtronic’s Anti-Bacterial Implantable Device Envelope Proves Cost-Effective In Study

25 Sep 2020

A new analysis of the WRAP IT study shows the Tyrx absorbable antibacterial envelope is a cost-effective tool for preventing infections around cardiac implantable electronic devices.

TYRX Cardiac Gloves — Medtronic's Tyrx absorbable antibacterial envelope • Source: Medtronic

Medtronic's Tyrx absorbable antibacterial envelope provides a cost-effective way to prevent infections around implantable cardiac electronic devices in patients at especially high risk for infection, results of a new study show.

Tyrx is an absorbable knitted, multifilament mesh envelop that covers a cardiac implantable electronic device or implanted neurostimulator within the...