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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July 7, 2016 — SynCardia Systems Inc. announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement (APA) with an ...

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July 5, 2016 — HeartWare Inc. announced a recall of the batteries used on the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) ...

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June 29, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. recently announced the company received an Innovation Award for its HeartMate 3 Le ...

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April 28, 2016 — Abbott and St. Jude Medical Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Abbott to acquire St. Jude ...

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April 11, 2016 — Abiomed Inc. announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pre-market approval ...

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March 24, 2016 — A new documentary produced by Retro Report for The New York Times looks at the history and modern use ...

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January 8, 2016 — XENiOS announced that its i-COR Synchronized Cardiac Assist system protects left ventricular (LV) ...

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December 28, 2015 — National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan and Duke University School of Medicine are ...

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October 30, 2015 — Results from the SHIELD I (Coronary InterventionS in HIgh-Risk PatiEnts Using a Novel Percutaneous ...

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Manesh Patel, M.D., associate professor of medicine, and director of interventional cardiology and the cath labs at Duke ...

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October 28, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the company has received CE Mark approval for the HeartMate 3 Left ...

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October 6, 2015 — The novel Aortix device has earned a spot among the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities accepted for ...

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October 5, 2015 — Procyrion Inc. of Houston has been awarded the grand prize of $20,000 in the 2015 "Create the Future" ...

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September 18, 2015 — SynCardia Systems initiated a Class I recall of the Freedom Driver Systems used with the company’s ...

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September 16, 2015 — Thoratec Corp. issued a voluntary Urgent Medical Device Correction Letter to all hospitals who have ...

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