Colorectal Anastomotic Articles & Analysis
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The company develops the Colovac device, designed to eliminate the need for diverting ostomies post Colorectal cancer resection. SafeHeal announced in April 2022 the first patient enrollment in its US pivotal study of Colovac, (SAFE 2) with as many as 20 U.S. and European sites enrolling patients in the study. ...
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” The SAFE-2 randomized controlled IDE study will assess the safety and efficacy of the Colovac endoluminal bypass sheath in adult patients who were initially scheduled to receive a diverting ostomy following colorectal surgery. Diverting ostomy, the current standard of care, is applied prophylactically to most patients today undergoing a low anterior resection (LAR) and ...
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The Colovac solution addresses the most serious complication of colorectal surgery - anastomotic leakage, the leaking of fecal content in the abdominal cavity, which can lead to sepsis or even death. ...
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Colovac is a unique endoluminal bypass sheath placed in the colon following colorectal resection. It suppresses the contact of fecal content with the colorectal anastomotic site in order to significantly improve patient recovery after colorectal surgery, without the need for an ostomy. ...
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Jérémie Lefevre, M.D., Ph.D., professor of General Surgery, colorectal surgeon at Saint Antoine Hospital The Colovac device is a unique endoluminal bypass sheath placed in the colon following rectal resection, aimed at suppressing contact of fecal content with the colorectal anastomotic site. ...
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This financing round allows them to engage in the transformation from incubation status to commercial operations”Anne Osdoit, Partner at MD Start and co-founder of SafeHeal “We are excited to invest in SafeHeal and believe that their endoluminal bypass sheath is the most innovative disruption in the protection of colorectal anastomosis. This investment also ...
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It aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Colovac for the protection of colorectal anastomosis in adult patients initially scheduled to receive a diverting ostomy as per standard of care, following colorectal surgery. ...
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