The Venock vascular closure device will address a tremendously growing medical need and will have a significant positive impact on the clinical practice of interventional cardiologists.
THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRE LARGE BORE VENOUS ACCESS CLOSURE
Current Trans-Venous Procedures
Current therapies that require large bore venous vascular access:
ASD Closure
Left Arterial Appendix Occluder
Mitral Valve Repair (currently only one technology available)
Vena Cava Filter
Atrial Ablation
Pulmonary Embolectomy
Venous Thrombectomy
These trans-venous therapies add up to approximately 5 million procedures per year in USA and Europe.
Upcoming Trans-Venous Procedures
A dramatic increase in interventional procedures that require large bore venous vascular access site is expected once novel technologies under development for structural heart treatment in development will mature.
As soon as these procedures are fully developed and utilized, the market for large bore venous access closure is expected to grow to 30 million procedures per year in the USA and Europe.
As of today there exists no effective vascular closure device for large bore punctures of venous vessels in the clinical practice.
Solution
The Venock System
The Venock vascular closure device is a percutaneous hand held device for automated closure of a large bore puncture in the femoral vein following an interventional procedure. The device is inserted over the already positioned guidewire in the vein and the perforation is tightly sealed within 1-2 minutes procedure time.
Advantages of Venock Vascular Closure Device
Closure within 1-2 minutes
The current practice is to stop venous bleeding with half an hour manual pressure, followed by compression bandage and 6 hours immobilization.
Quick sealing of the vein puncture will allows for earlier patient mobilization.
Earlier discharge
The current practice is to keep patients overnight in the hospital, being immobilized and bedridden with a compression bandage and sand sack.
Quick sealing of the vein puncture will allow for earlier patient discharge.
Less complications
Sealing of the vein puncture by compression results in hematoma, pain and swelling. Patient immobilization increases the risk for vein thrombosis.
Reliable and quick sealing of vein puncture will reduce serious complications.
Cost Savings
Quick sealing of the vein puncture will free up resources and more interventional procedures can be converted[nbsp]from inpatient to outpatient settings.
Consequently, the utilization of Venock Closure device is cost effective.
Advantage for
Hospitals and MedTech Device Developers
Abstract of the White Paper
The Venock device offers benefits for many different stakeholders. In addition to improving patient comfort, the Venock device aids in the general acceptance of large bore transcatheter interventions, which benefits device developers and, of course, hospitals and clinics.
The Venock device allows for more efficient cathlab capacity utilization and higher patient turnover, while drastically reducing cost and recovery time. Cathlabs are determined to find ways to save resources and increase patient turnover in order to make transcatheter procedures more profitable.
Although cathlab resources are limited, it is in the chief interest of global MedTech companies to streamline cathlab procedures in order to increase the number of procedures per day. The Venock vascular closure device is such a device that will drastically reduce patient length of stay and use of resources, while allowing for higher patient turnover, faster mobilization, and earlier discharge.
Large-bore femoral venous access is becoming more commonplace, but access closure still often requires hours of postprocedural monitoring and bedrest.
I am happy to hear that Venock is developing a large bore venous closure that facilitate early hospital discharge for this fast-growing patient population.
CARDIOLOGIST STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER, SEATTLE, WA, USA
PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN HENGSTENBERG
Large bore venous closure has long been a drain on time and resources during many of my procedures. I am thrilled to hear that Venock is taking on this important task and am convinced their approach will produce a robust and effective device that is closing large bore venous punctures within minutes.
My patients tell me that their only negative memory after an interventional procedure is being bedridden with a compression bandage and suffering from a hematoma and considerable pain in their groin. I am eager to provide a solution which will end this pain.
CARDIOLOGIST DIRECTOR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL VIENNA, AUSTRIA
PROF. DR. HORST SIEVERT
Arterial closure devices have tremendously improved the post-interventional recovery process by saving time and resources, decreasing patient discomfort, and eliminating complications like hematoma. I am looking forward to seeing the same benefits in large bore venous closure.
The Venock device will attain large bore venous closure in under a minute, thus saving time and money, while significantly reducing patient discomfort and time to discharge when compared to the recovery from manual compression.
CARDIOLOGIST, INTENSIVIST DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR CARDIOLOGY, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE FRANKFURT, GERMANY
RICHARD R. HEUSER, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, MSCAI
Venous procedures using large bore catheters are becoming more and more common, particularly as we work on tricuspid valves and other structural heart problems. It’s been my experience, that the only devices out there are currently used off-label and are very inconvenient. You have to prepare closure before the procedure and it sometimes requires multiple different closure devices, which makes the procedure expensive. I think Venock is a one stop shopping device that is cost-effective and importantly will reduce time in the outpatient center or the hospital with cost savings for Medicare, health plans as well as the hospital and outpatient center.
MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, MSCAI PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, PHOENIX PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
2021-07-21: Venock Reports Safety/Efficacy of Its Automated Closure Device for Large Bore Venous Access Sites as Alternative to Standard Manual Compression of Veins/Arteries in Interventional Procedures