Rambam Medical Uses Valtech Valve For First Time

October 18, 2015 | ​A team of cardiologists at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa have become the first in Israel to use a new, Israeli-developed technology to repair mitral valve regurgitation. Because the device is implanted via a minimally invasive procedure, patients no longer need to undergo protracted and complex open-heart surgery. The Cardioband technology, developed by Valtech Cardio and approved for commercial use in Europe, was purchased by the American company HeartWare earlier this year.