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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June 24, 2009 – CircuLite Inc. today announced the publication of positive data from its ongoing CE mark clinical ...

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June 18, 2009 - Berlin Heart Inc. said this week the FDA awarded it an Orphan Product Development Grant to support ...

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April 27, 2009 - Berlin Heart GmbH recently received approval in North America for the EXCOR Pediatric ventricular ...

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April 22, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. said this afternoon it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Impella 5.0 and ...

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April 21, 2009 - The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus has successfully completed the first two ...

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April 7, 2009 - In the European experience, the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) showed sustained ...

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April 2, 2009 - Vasomedical Inc. this week conducted two presentations on the beneficial effects of EECP external ...

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April 1, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. said this week the FDA cleared its AB Portable driver to facilitate intra-facility ...

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March 26, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. will exhibit its portfolio of heart recovery products spanning the continuum of ...

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March 23, 2009 – CardiacAssist Inc. yesterday introduced a longer cannula set to cardiologists and cardiac ...

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March 23, 2009 - CircuLite Inc. said Daniel Burkhoff, M.D., Ph.D., CircuLite’s chief medical officer and adjunct ...

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March 11, 2009 - Results from the PROTECT I trial evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of the Abiomed Inc ...

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March 3, 2009 - A recently published article in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) from the ...

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February 12, 2009 - Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the world’s most prolific inventor of artificial organs, passed away ...

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February 16, 2009 - Thoratec Corp. and HeartWare International last week entered into a definitive merger ...

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