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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

Too old and too sick for a heart transplant, Arvid Herrman was given a choice: Have a mechanical pump implanted in his heart, potentially keeping him alive for several years, or do nothing and ...

Mechanical circulatory support systems for the treatment of end-stage heart failure are now available ... True ventricular assist devices (VADs) qualify for long-term application and allow ...

SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the ...

Patients with severe heart failure or cardiogenic shock often need mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices but deciding when to safely wean them off remains a challenge. Researchers from ...

His heart was too weak to pump enough blood, and needed mechanical help ... Hamad says a VAD, or ventricular assist device, moves oxygen-rich blood from the base of the heart to the aorta ...

FineHeart, a clinical-stage MedTech company developing innovative medical devices for heart failure, has achieved a major milestone in its ...