Minute Insight: Acutus Adds Another Device To The Left-Heart Business It Sold To Medtronic
Executive Summary
The company announced the US launch of the AcQCross Qx transseptal dilator/needle. It is specifically designed to help deploy Boston Scientific’s Watchman left-atrial appendage closure device, but it is part of the left-heart access device portfolio that Acutus recently sold to Medtronic.
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