Up to 300 people are currently on the UK's transplant list and many are fitted with mechanical pumps as a "bridge" to getting a new heart. Called left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), they help ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart is a novel heart pump with significant advantages over previously developed artificial hearts. It features a single, magnetically levitated rotor that pumps blood to ...

LVAD is a mechanical device that is surgically placed within a person's chest to aid the heart in circulating blood ...

Heart pumps can dramatically boost muscle cell regeneration in damaged hearts, offering new hope for heart failure recovery.

PercAssist, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technology for extravascular / extracardiac Mechanical ...

A pacemaker is a device that helps regulate abnormal heart rates using ... Previously, researchers placed flexible piezoelectric films on the external surface of the heart to harvest the mechanical ...

There is a wide variety of device options for patients with advanced HF, and there has been a tremendous advancement in device designs offering high efficiency and durability. However, patient ...

An Lvad is a mechanical heart device, and it stands for left ventricular Assist Device. It's something that we can implant into a patient to help their heart function better, and it often gives ...

Abbott said the HeartMate 3 is the safest iteration yet of any left ventricular assist device, or LVAD, a type of mechanical heart pump introduced in the 1960s and refined over the last six decades.

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the ... In addition, VADs unload the native heart allowing it to rest and, in some cases, the heart can recover function.

The research explores a novel approach to powering left ventricular assist devices (LVADs ... infection risks and making life easier for heart failure patients. LVADs traditionally require ...