Impulse Dynamics Is Now Among the First US-based Manufacturers of Active Implantable Devices To Receive Certification
Dr. Deborah Morley, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance, said, “This very important milestone in the company’s overall development clearly recognizes the tremendous efforts of the Impulse Dynamics team to maintain a state of the art QMS. Certification of the QMS under the MDR allows us to proceed with the development and approval of our new products in accordance with current EU regulations ensuring both safety and performance of devices for their intended clinical application. This allows Impulse to continue on its stated goal to provide CCM therapy to all heart failure patients in need in Europe and other geographies. This is a company-wide achievement, and I am especially proud of the Quality Assurance team who managed all of the activities required to establish compliance with the new regulation.”
The Medical Device Regulation (EU 2017/45) went into effect in May of 2021 for all manufacturers, distributors, and users of medical devices in the EU, replacing the prior Medical Device Directive and Active Implantable Medical Device Directive. In comparison to the previous directives, the MDR requires more stringent documentation of the technical aspects of a medical device, enhanced clinical evidence requirements, detailed documentation of post-market surveillance activities, and a more comprehensive QMS for medical device manufacturers like Impulse Dynamics. As such, most companies selling products in the EU have had to make significant improvements to documentation, technical testing, and clinical evaluation of their medical devices in order to comply with the new MDR. Notably, given the amount of work required, Impulse Dynamics is one of the first manufacturers of an active implantable device to receive QMS certification under the MDR in the United States.
According to Impulse Dynamics’ CEO, Simos Kedikoglou, M.D., “Our ability to achieve certification of our QMS under the MDR affirms Impulse Dynamics’ position at the leading edge of medical device design, development, and manufacturing. This, in turn, allows us to adhere to the most important goal of making the patient our first priority by providing medical devices of the highest quality. MDR certification opens the door for Impulse Dynamics to proceed with its plans for new product development and to launch them without delay.”
About the Optimizer® Integra CCM-D™ System and CCM® Therapy
The Optimizer Integra CCM-D System is an investigational device that combines CCM therapy and ICD therapy into one device. This device is being used in an FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study and is not available for sale in the United States.
Impulse Dynamics currently offers the Optimizer system that is FDA-approved and CE-marked. The Optimizer system delivers CCM therapy — the company’s proprietary technology — to the heart. CCM therapy has been designed by Impulse Dynamics to improve the heart’s contraction, allowing more oxygen-rich blood to be pushed out through the body. CCM therapy is indicated to improve 6-minute hall walk, quality of life, and functional status of NYHA Class III heart failure patients who remain symptomatic despite guideline directed medical therapy, are not receiving Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), and have a left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 25% to 45%.
CCM therapy delivers non-excitatory electrical pulses from the implantable Optimizer device in a manner designed to improve heart contraction. CCM therapy sends unique electrical pulses to the heart cells during their absolute refractory period. Impulse Dynamics has completed numerous clinical studies, including several randomized controlled trials, and CCM therapy has been published in more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles.
About Impulse Dynamics
Impulse Dynamics is dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure for patients and the healthcare providers who care for them. The company pioneered its proprietary CCM therapy, which uses the Optimizer technology platform to improve quality of life in heart failure patients. CCM therapy is delivered through the Optimizer system, which includes an IPG implanted in a minimally invasive procedure and approved for commercial use in the United States and 44 countries worldwide. More than 9,000 patients have received the therapy as part of clinical trials and real-world use, where it is proven to be safe and effective for heart failure patients with debilitating symptoms who otherwise have few effective options available to them. To learn more, visit www.ImpulseDynamics.com, or follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
Forward-looking Statements
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Impulse Dynamics (USA), Inc.
50 Lake Center Executive Park, 401 Route 73 N, ‐ Building 50 Suite 100
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