ZOLL Receives Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient for TherOx SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy
Contract awarded for products that bring improvement to cardiovascular care
Innovative Technology contracts are recommended after review and interaction with products submitted through Vizient’s Innovative Technology Program.
“Each year, more than 258,000 patients in the
Patients with left anterior descending ST-elevation myocardial infarction (LAD STEMI) heart attacks have higher mortality rates than other types of heart attacks. SSO2 Therapy is the first and only FDA-approved treatment that has been clinically proven to significantly reduce damage to cardiac muscle in heart attack patients after coronary angioplasty with stenting.3 The extent of damaged cardiac muscle is a strong predictor of future outcomes like rehospitalization and the development of heart failure.4
SSO2 Therapy is indicated for patients who suffer a LAD STEMI — also known as "widowmaker" heart attacks due to the high mortality rate — and are treated with stenting within six hours of symptom onset. The therapy delivers high levels of dissolved oxygen at 7–10 times the normal amount directly to the damaged heart muscle immediately after the coronary artery has been successfully opened via angioplasty and stenting. Multiple clinical trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of SSO2 Therapy to reduce infarct size.3, 5 - 8
“A product receives this type of contract when it demonstrates a unique quality that differentiates it from other products on the market,” said
About ZOLL
ZOLL, an Asahi Kasei company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and cardiac monitoring, circulation enhancement and CPR feedback, supersaturated oxygen therapy, data management, ventilation, therapeutic temperature management, and sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, as well as lay rescuers, improve patient outcomes in critical cardiopulmonary conditions. For more information, visit www.zoll.com.
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2 What is a STEMI Heart Attack? (clevelandclinic.org)
3 Stone GW, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Intervent 2009;2:366-75.
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7 https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Downloads/2020-ICD-10-PCS-Guidelines.pdf
8 Chen S, et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020; 1–7.
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