3F ANNOUNCES THE FIRST CLINICAL IMPLANTATION OF THE 3F ENABLE AORTIC HEART VALVE

A 76-year old patient underwent successful aortic heart valve replacement surgery, becoming the first person in the world to receive the 3F Enable Aortic Heart Valve, intended to eliminate the need for the cardiac surgeon to suture the device into the aortic annulus of the patient in the usual manner, saving an average of 30 minutes or more of cardiopulmonary bypass time.

Using no stitches in this first-ever procedure, the surgical team at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, successfully replaced the failing aortic heart valve of the 76-year old male patient.

Based on the success of the first implant, Jerzy Sadowski implanted two additional 3F Enable Aortic Heart Valves in patients meeting the selection criteria. All valves required less than one minute of implantation positioning time with drastic reduction of aortic cross clamp time and cardiopulmonary bypass time. All valves were fully competent.