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Minute Insight: Xeltis Expects The US Trial Of 'Living' Vascular Graft To Start This Year

 
• By Reed Miller

Xeltis hemodialysis access graft, made of its proprietary electrospun supramolecular polymer material, is advancing in clinical trials in Europe and will likely be ready for a US trial by the end of this year, according to the company.

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• Source: Informa/Alamy

[Editor's Note: This article originally described XPLORE 2 as a trial of Xeltis' pediatric aortic valve. The device in the trial is a pediatric pulmonary valve. The text has been corrected.]

The early results from the first-in-human trial of Xeltis’ aXess restorative synthetic hemodialysis access graft will be publicized in about a month and the Dutch company

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