SoniVie, ReCor Move Forward With Ultrasound Renal Denervation Technologies

The FDA granted its breakthrough designation to SoniVie’s TIVUS and ReCor's Paradise ultrasound renal denervation systems for treating hypertension.

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SoniVie is planning to begin US clinical trials of its Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) renal denervation system to treat drug-resistant hypertension in late 2021 while continuing to develop the system to also treat pulmonary hypertension.

TIVUS is a catheter-based high-frequency, non-focused ultrasound system for ablating arterial nerves. It was originally developed by Israel-based Cardiosonic for renal artery denervation to treat drug-resistant hypertension in 2009 and received a CE mark for that indication in 2014. SoniVie, founded by Accelmed Ventures in 2014, licensed TIVUS from Cardiosonic to separately develop it to treat pulmonary hypertension

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