Simpson Interventions Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter System
April 12, 2024 — Simpson Interventions, Inc., a pioneering medical technology company specializing in cardiovascular interventional devices, today announced that its groundbreaking Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter System has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter System is designed to facilitate the placement and positioning of guidewires and catheters within the coronary vasculature for the treatment of patients with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) who continue to experience symptoms following medical therapy. This breakthrough device is poised to significantly change the approach to treating coronary CTOs by providing real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) visualization, enabling precise guidewire placement within the target vessel’s true lumen and subsequent revascularization. According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: C