Xeltis Starts First-Ever Pivotal Trial of Its Synthetic Restorative Pulmonary Valve

Currently available options for heart-valve replacement are either short-lived or necessitate the patient to endure long-term medication. But Xeltis’s device evolves into a fully functional natural heart valve that can potentially grow with the patient, thereby reducing repeated interventions, the company recently shared with MD+DI. It works through colonization by the patient’s own tissue, through a process called endogenous tissue restoration (ETR).