Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for ventricular assist devices (VAD). VADs are a type of mechanical hemodynamic support device that helps increase blood flow in people who have ventricles that are not work properly due to heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiomyopathy or myocardial infarction. Most often these devices support the left ventricle, so they are often referred to as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). VADS come in two types, surgically implanted, usually as a bridge to heart transplant, and percutanenous catheter-based pumps used for temporary hemodynamic support. Examples of temporary percutaneous pumps include the Impella and TandemHeart devices.

 

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August 14, 2012 — Berlin Heart announced that a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) ...

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Aug. 8, 2012 — The Berlin Heart Group said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for its post ...

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June 14, 2012 — Abiomed Inc. said today it received Health Canada approval to market the Impella cVAD (ventricular ...

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May 21, 2012 — Minnetronix announced the exclusive licensing rights of Penn State Research Foundation’s wireless energy ...

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April 23, 2012 - CircuLite Inc. announced that updated clinical data related to the Synergy miniature ventricular ...

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April 17, 2012 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a humanitarian use device (HUD) designation ...

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April 12, 2012 - Abiomed Inc., a provider of heart support technologies, announced it has received CE marking approval ...

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April 9, 2012 — Thoratec and the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) announced a recent Class 1 recall of the ...

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March 5, 2012 — SynCardia Systems Inc., manufacturer of the world’s first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

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February 27, 2012 – Jarvik Heart Inc. announced conditional U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its ...

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February 22, 2012 — HeartWare International Inc. announced that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory ...

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February 16, 2012 — Few hospitals have as much experience with the Berlin Heart pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD ...

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February 2, 2012 — Abiomed Inc. announced that initial clinical data from the safety study for Symphony was presented by ...

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January 27, 2012 — A miniature, battery-free, wireless, cardiac implant being developed by a University of Michigan ...

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Jack Miller, 62, is probably the only politician in America who smiles when people call him “heartless.” Four months ago ...

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