The approach

Direct access
to the heart.

The problem

Cardiac treatment depends on access.

Many patients who need a device intervention have no safe way to receive it.

15–20%

of patients have blood vessels that make transfemoral access difficult, or are too frail for open surgery.

Sternotomy and bypass can pose prohibitive risk for elderly and frail patients, a rapidly growing population.

Small or calcified vessels and prior grafts can block the dominant minimally invasive route.

The size, location and features of many devices make delivery through the vessels very difficult.

Solution

What if transapical access were possible? Everything changes.

Looking up from the apex

Patent pending

Valve replacement and repair, circulatory support and vascular intervention. We share technical details with qualified partners and investors.