Cardica designs and manufactures proprietary stapling devices for surgical procedures. Cardica’s stapling technology is designed to minimize operating time and to enable minimally-invasive and robot-assisted surgeries. The company manufactures its automated anastomosis systems, the C-Port^® Distal Anastomosis Systems and PAS-Port^® Proximal Anastomosis System, for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and has shipped over 25,000 units throughout the world. In addition, Cardica is developing the Cardica Microcutter, a true multi-fire endoscopic stapling device designed to be used in a variety of procedures, including bariatric, thoracic and general surgery.

C-PORT NEWS

The recent peer-reviewed article in the March/April 2010 issue of Innovations entitled, “Early Patency Evaluation of New Distal Anastomotic Device in Internal Mammary Artery Grafts Using Computed Tomography Angiography” concludes, “The C-Port xA and Flex A distal anastomotic devices provided a safe and effective means to create a left IMA-left anterior descending artery anastomosis in coronary bypass surgery with excellent short to midterm patency in this early experience.” Click here to read the Innovations article.