Regulators Approve Artificial Heart
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of an artificial heart made by SynCardia Systems as a temporary device for people awaiting transplants.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the approval of a temporary artificial heart for use in patients awaiting a heart transplant.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip (VeriChip) that will be implanted in humans and used for medical purposes.
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Seventy-nine percent of patients who received the Tucson-developed CardioWest Total Artificial Heart lived long enough to receive a heart transplant, according to a study in Thursday&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine.
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After 22 years of experimentation, the maker of the nation&#39;s first self-contained artificial heart yesterday asked the federal government for permission to begin
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-- When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a...
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The 13th patient to receive the world's first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, company officials said yesterday.
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A robotic arm able to carry out an intricate life-saving heart operation is being pioneered by UK surgeons.
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Less-costly versions of implanted  heart devices represent a good value for most patients who need  them, according to a cost analysis study presented on  Wednesday.
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New Albany -- An Indiana man who lived with an artificial heart for 147 days has died, the heart manufacturer said Monday. Abiomed Inc.
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An American scientific study shows that artificial hearts can keep heart-transplant candidates alive before the donor organ is available and it also helps prolong their life after transplant.
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Abiomed Inc. moved a step closer to winning federal approval for a blood pump. The Danvers company, which also makes the AbioCor artificial heart, plans to say today it has received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin a key clinical trial with 654 patients. Abiomed's Impella 2.5 Circulatory Support System is designed to temporarily help pump blood during certain ...
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The first implantable treatment to  prevent sleep apnea has received approval from U.S. regulators,  the company that developed the procedure said Tuesday.
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Boston Scientific receives European approval for its defibrillator.
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After deciding to keep a baby alive in California with a device not approved for use in the U.S., doctors performed a heart transplant on Monday.
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A novel fabric mesh sleeve that works like a girdle to reshape enlarged hearts showed promise in treating patients with heart failure and will be submitted for U.S. regulatory approval this year, according to researchers and the company that makes the device.