Innovative surgical urethane sealant; Hydrofit® (overseas brand name: AQUABRID®) made a good start of overseas expansion.
- 2020/03/12 Announcements
The new surgical sealant; MATSUDAITO (Japanese brand name: Hydrofit®, overseas brand name: AQUABRID®) especially developed for aortic procedures, made a good start of overseas expansion. Hydrofit® is a product developed and manufactured by Sanyo Chemical, and has been distributed by Terumo Corporation, which is a market player of medical devices. After obtaining certification of CE marking last July, Terumo Europe NV (Leuven, Belgium) has started distributing since last October. First clinical uses of AQUABRID® have taken place in Germany and Turkey with excellent outcomes.
We will accelerate its distribution in corporation with Terumo Europe NV to EU, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa*1, *2.
AQUABRID® is non-bio-derived hemostatic material indicated for use as an adjunct to standard methods of cardiovascular surgical repair to seal (such as sutures, staples, electrocautery, and/or patches) related to aorta surgery. Sanyo Chemical received an approval of production and marketing for Hydrofit® in 2014, and has rapidly gained market share due to its unique properties in Japan. AQUABRID® is classified as highest risk devices which are subject to most stringent scrutiny, and such high class medical device originally developed in Japan is rarely obtained CE marking*3. Through the distribution of AQUABRID®, Sanyo Chemical expects the success of the distribution of AQUABRID® could in any way help to improve the presence as the medical devices originally developed in Japan, and enables us to contribute to healthy lives of people around the world.
Reference:
Terumo global web site:
https://www.terumo.com/pressrelease/detail/20200226/515/index.html
Terumo Europe web site：
Sanyo Chemical Press release on September 5th in 2019