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Device Specifications

With the conformable design of the GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder, three devices cover PFOs and ASDs up to 17 mm.*

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GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder, three devices cover PFOs and ASDs up to 17 mm
Catalogue NumberDevice SizesMaximum Recommended Defect Size 
Measured with Stop Flow Balloon Sizing 
Catheter Size without Guidewire 
GSX0020A 20 mm 11 mm 10 Fr 
GSX0025A 25 mm 14 mm 10 Fr 
GSX0030A 30 mm 17 mm 10 Fr 

Sizing, availability and pricing varies by country.

Please check with your Gore representative for availability.

* Refer to Instructions for Use at eifu.goremedical.com for a complete description of all applicable indications, warnings, precautions and contraindications for the markets where this product is available. RXOnly
Recommendation for sheath size is 2 Fr larger when used with a wire. 

IFU Consult instructions

Refer to Instructions for Use at eifu.goremedical.com for a complete description of all applicable indications, warnings, precautions and contraindications for the markets where this product is available. RXOnly

INDICATIONS FOR USE IN THE U.S.: The GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder is a permanently implanted device indicated for the percutaneous, transcatheter closure of the following defects of the atrial septum: ostium secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs); patent foramen ovale (PFO) to reduce the risk of recurrent ischemic stroke in patients, predominantly between the ages of 18 and 60 years, who have had a cryptogenic stroke due to a presumed paradoxical embolism, as determined by a neurologist and cardiologist following an evaluation to exclude known causes of ischemic stroke.

INDICATIONS FOR USE IN CANADA: The GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder is a permanently implanted device indicated for the percutaneous, transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs), such as ostium secundum and patent foramen ovale.

CONTRAINDICATIONS: The GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder is contraindicated for use in patients: unable to take antiplatelet or anticoagulant medications such as aspirin, heparin or warfarin; with anatomy where the GORE® CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder size or position would interfere with other intracardiac or intravascular structures, such as cardiac valves or pulmonary veins; with active endocarditis, or other infections producing bacteremia, or patients with known sepsis within one month of planned implantation, or any other infection that cannot be treated successfully prior to device placement; with known intracardiac thrombi.