Avenir Dual Chamber Leadless?

avenir leadless

by Tracey_E - 2023-10-15 14:05:39

I've also post and have not yet found anyone here who has one. I don't think they know about battery life  yet because FDA just approved it in July. 

The procedure is totally different than for a traditional pacer. It's done via catheter. 

Avenir Dual Chamber Leadless

by MG73 - 2023-11-08 18:11:01

Hi some comments from this link below might give an indication on battery time.

It is encouraging that it seems to have a long battery life and also it can be retriveable.

and also younger patients were in the trial.

I have heard though that the atrial device has a shorter battery time. of course this also depends on the degree of required pacing.

It should be more available in the states anytime soon and in Europe next summer after approval there.

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2023/07/tiny-dual-chamber-pacemaker-approved-by-fda-after-clinical-trials-in-dc/

the quoted person is Dr. Cyrus Hadadi, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist and associate director of cardiac arrhythmia research at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, which implanted the Aveir device in six patients during clinical trials.

He says:

The two components in the Abbott unit “communicate with one another through your bloodstream itself,” through a technology called implant to implant, or “i2i,” said Hadadi. The proprietary technology uses far less battery current than inductive, radio frequency or Bluetooth communication, according to Abbott.

“The battery life on this dual chamber leadless pacemaker is, in many cases, better than that of an old-fashioned traditional pacemaker — up to 8, 10, or 12 years,” said Hadadi.

“So now, after 10 or 12 years, when the battery has run out, in an outpatient procedure, your cardiologist can remove it from your body and place a new one in its place,” he said.

Hadadi said several of the patients in the trial were under the age of 30, who will likely need several replacement units over their lifetime.

“Now, we can tell you, instead of having three, four, five, six or seven old devices in your heart, when your battery runs out, we can smoothly and safely take out the old Aveir, and put a new one in.”