Implantation of medical devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators can cause significant damage to nearby tissue, while afterwards the implants can move around, causing more problems. CorMatrix, a company that develops novel biomaterials, has developed and implanted in a patient for the first time a special bioscaffold that holds the cardiac device while providing a welcoming environment for the body’s own tissue to grow around.
The CanGaroo ECM Envelope supports and reinforces the pocket within which the electronic implant is placed. It matches shape of the implant, does not calcify, and eventually forms into vascularized tissue.
source:CorMatrix
CanGaroo ECM Envelope Bioscaffold Holds Cardiac Implants, Turns Into Vascularized Tissue
