Approxima

is developing a novel treatment for patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation

Tricuspid regurgitation

>13M
Patients worldwide
with at least moderate TR
50%
2-years mortality rate
TR ≥ severe
99%
Patients remain untreated
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a pathology of the aging society which affects over 13 million patients worldwide and represents an unmet clinical need. In more than >70% of cases tricuspid regurgitation is related to right ventricle dilation causing papillary muscle dislodgement leading to tricuspid valve leaflets tethering. Patients are usually frail, often hospitalized, with poor quality of life, and the pathology is associated with a 2-year mortality rate of 50%. Chronic volume and pressure overload progresses towards right heart failure which worsens the prognosis. Today, nearly 99% of tricuspid regurgitation patients are denied an open-heart surgery because of high mortality risk.
Topilsky et al. (2019), Nath et al. (2004)

Technology

Percutaneous
tricuspid valve repair
system based on
ventricular reshaping approach
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Swipe left to treat tricuspid regurgitation with Approxima device

Target the root cause of the pathology

physiological-like treatment

Ventricle and annulus reshaping

(in-vivo data)

Tricuspid regurgitation reduction

(in-vivo data)

Short and straightforward implantation procedure

IP protected in strategic geographies

Core team

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Michal Jaworek, PhD

CEO and Co-Founder

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Edoardo Maroncelli

CTO and Co-Founder

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Paolo Denti, MD

CMO

Board

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Umberto Pasquali

Chairman

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Barbara Castellano

Board Member

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Michal Jaworek

Board Member

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Edoardo Maroncelli

Observer

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Alice Ravizza

Observer

Alessio Piuma

Observer

Scientific Board

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Paolo Denti, MD

Progressive Cardiac Surgeon at San Raffaele Hospital (IT)

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Nina Ajmone Marsan, MD PhD

Cardiologist & Imaging Expert at Leiden University Medical Center (NL)

Nicolas Van Mieghem, MD PhD

Interventional cardiologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam (NL)

Federico De Marco, MD PhD

Interventional cardiologist at Centro Cardiologico Monzino in Milan (IT)

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Guido Gelpi, MD

Hybrid cardiac surgeon at Policlinico of Milan (IT)

News

We welcome new members of scientific board

Approxima presents updates at EuroPCR 2024

Approxima @ Medtech Strategist

Approxima selected to showcase the technology at MedTech Innovator Road Tour 2024 in Dublin

Approxima was named TOP INNOVATION at PCR LONDON VALVE 2023

LSI Europe 2023

Approxima closed a € 1.6M seed financing round for the development

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