Heart
On May 3 2010, Mayo Clinic Arizona became the first hospital in U.S. history to discharge a patient implanted with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart to wait at home for a matching donor heart. Mayo Clinic is participating in an FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study of the Freedom™ driver, the first ever U.S. portable driver designed to power SynCardi ...
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The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart has the highest bridge to transplant rate of all approved mechanical circulatory support devices, however the main drawback of existing technology is that patients are confined to the hospital while they await a transplant.
Previously the only approved driver for powering the Total Artificial Heart was a 418-lb hospital driver nicknamed “Big Bl ...
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On Oct. 27 2008, EADS's unveiled the Carmat artificial heart at a Paris press conference. Scientists say the new device could represent a major breakthrough for the millions of people around the world who suffer from cardiovascular diseases, of whom more than 10 million die every year. Among the heart's advantages over predecessors: It employs two internal pumps to move blood to the ...
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(from press release)The AbioCor, developed by Abiomed, Inc., is intended as a permanent heart replacement for end-stage heart failure patients who are not candidates for transplant and cannot be helped by any other available treatment. Candidates for the AbioCor System have severe, biventricular, end-stage heart disease but typically have other vital organs that continue to be funct ...
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