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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

On Nov. 18, the heart failure and transplantation team at Emory University Hospital (EUH) made history, performing the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart was implanted in a patient at The Christ Hospital Health Network recently in Cincinnati, ...

The global heart valve devices market size was valued at over USD 10 billion in 2023 and experiencing a significant CAGR of ...