October 14, 2024- Abbott announced it has achieved new milestones to support the company’s growing suite of pulsed field ablation (PFA) solutions in electrophysiology: early completion of enrollment in the VOLT-AF IDE Study supporting the Volt™ PFA System, and the launch of the FOCALFLEX trial to assess the company’s TactiFlex™ Duo Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled™ (SE), which will be used in the treatment of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Together, these two studies represent significant advances for the future of two Abbott PFA catheters, which are being developed as important tools for physicians treating people with abnormal heart rhythms like atrial fibrillation (AFib).
In addition, Abbott also announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the company’s Advisor™ HD Grid X Mapping Catheter, Sensor Enabled™, which will further support mapping of both PFA and radiofrequency (RF) ablation cases, where visualization of cardiac anatomy is critical to ensure the best outcomes for people undergoing ablation procedures.