TRiCares Initiates EU Pivotal Study For Topaz Tricuspid Valve Replacement

TRiCares announced first implantation of the Topaz transfemoral tricuspid heart valve replacement system as part of the company’s EU pivotal study. If all goes to plan, the device will compete with Edwards’ Evoque system. The announcement follows the company’s $50m series D funding raise in July.

Echocardiographic finding of tricuspid regurgitations • Source: Shutterstock

TRiCares has kicked off an EU pivotal study with the first implantation of its Topaz tricuspid heart valve replacement system (TTVR), performed at the Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis hospital in Aalst, Belgium.

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