CVRx, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today that CE Marking has been granted to expand labeling of the Barostim neo System™ as MR Conditional, or safe for use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems under specified conditions. By enabling access to MRI scans, the expanded labeling will benefit patients receiving Barostim Therapy for heart failure or resistant hypertension.
"This approval has the potential to benefit many patients and their health care providers as MRI is critical in the diagnosis of serious conditions which can occur in the populations served by Barostim Therapy. We are pleased to enable access to this diagnostic option for our current and future patients," said Nadim Yared, CEO of CVRx.
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