ATLANTA – (March 24, 2008) – The scientific staff at Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute (SJTRI) has announced that a new thin, bare metal stent (BMS) has been approved for sale by European Union regulators. Medlogics Device Corporations’ COBRA™ Coronary Stent System received the CE Mark based on more than 1,200 chronic preclinical implants performed at SJTRI which demonstrated the safety and efficacy of stent.
The COBRA™ Coronary Stent System combines a unique design and an advanced cobalt super alloy for thinner struts without sacrificing radial strength. Published studies have demonstrated a direct correlation between strut thickness and restenosis rates and the COBRA stent is approximately 15 percent thinner than the best-selling BMS-coronary stents.
“The Cobra stent shows excellent vascular compatibility with minimal inflammation in the coronary artery in preclinical models,” says Keith Robinson, PhD, director of preclinical research at SJTRI. “This is an important milestone for Medlogics’ drug-eluting stent program.”
Medlogics’s drug-coated stent has a silica-based coating that is gradually absorbed by the body after delivery of the drug, potentially reducing the risk of clotting and the burden of pharmacotherapy.
Medlogics recently announced that it has licensed CV Therapeutics’ proprietary biopolymer stent coating technology for the development of a next-generation based on the COBRA™ platform. Based on preclinical data also obtained through SJTRI, CV Therapeutics proprietary biopolymer stent coating technology could potentially improve the performance of these drug-eluting stents by controlling the drug release rate more precisely. The proprietary manufacturing process used to create the biopolymer may limit or reduce cracking and peeling following expansion of the stent during implantation.
SJTRI continues to be involved in investigating highly innovative medical concepts which may lead to enhancing lifestyles of patients with challenging diseases. Through collaborations lead by a world class staff, SJTRI utilizes unique research applications for evaluating physiologic responses to endolumenal stents in addition to trackability, comformability and radiopacity.
Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute (SJTRI) is a specialty research organization (SRO) engaged in academic and industry-sponsored research in both preclinical and clinical settings. Innovative work helps move potential therapies, devices and drugs from the laboratory bench to the patient bedside faster using all available resources of the Saint Joseph's Health System.
Medlogics, with headquarters in Santa Rosa, Ca., is dedicated to providing safe and effective clinically superior devices to patients and their physicians worldwide. Medlogics was founded upon the principle of designing innovative, bes-in-class solutions to local drug delivery. Medlogics is currently focused on developing a next-generation drug-eluting stent technology to treat coronary artery disease using a novel stent and drug-delivery approach. To help accomplish this goal, Medlogics has vertically integrated drug-eluting coating, stent, and catheter research & development, and manufacturing.
