Md. firm launches bio-scaffold for implantable cardiac device

Daily Record Staff//November 6, 2017//

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This image depicts the CanGaroo Bio Envelope, a natural scaffold made of cells from a pig's small intestine. (Aziyo Biologics Inc. image) — This image depicts the CanGaroo Bio Envelope, a natural scaffold made of cells from a pig’s small intestine. (Aziyo Biologics Inc. image)

A Maryland regenerative medicine company recently launched a new product to be used with cardioverter-defibrillators implanted under the skin.

Aziyo Biologics Inc., of Silver Spring‘s new CanGaroo Bio Envelope is a natural scaffold made of cells from a pig’s small intestine. It’s designed to hold the cardioverter-defibrillator to make a stable environment for it after its is implanted.

Aziyo says the use of its product can help prevent the implanted device from migrating after it is installed and may also make it easier to remove the device in the future. It also says the product is the only cardiac implantable electronic device envelope available for use with cardioverter-defibrillators implanted under the skin.

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