The practicality and expense of maintaining patients on total artificial hearts (TAH) may be significantly ...
Artificial Heart
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for total artificial hearts (TAH). These technologies are used in cardiovascular surgery to temporarily or permanently replace the heart in advanced heart failure patients.
March 30, 2010 – The FDA granted an investigational device exemption (IDE) for a clinical study of the Freedom ...
June 25, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. yesterday announced the successful implant of its AbioCor Total Replacement Heart ...
March 3, 2009 - A recently published article in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) from the ...
February 12, 2009 - Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the world’s most prolific inventor of artificial organs, passed away ...
February 10, 2009 - Hospitals will be eligible in Medicare’s 2009 fiscal year for up to an additional $53,000 in ...
January 27, 2009 - Thanks to the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart and portable driver, recipient Mr ...
August 8, 2008 - On July 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final decision to reimburse ...
August 4, 2008 - 
Levitronix and FDA are notifying healthcare professionals of a class 1 recall of the Levitronix ...
July 25, 2008 - The cardiac transplant team from St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia, will travel to Paris July ...
May 9, 2008 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final National Coverage Decision (NCD) to ...
May 2, 2008 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given Abiomed a positive National Coverage ...
April 24, 2008 - SynCardia Systems Inc., the manufacturer of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) ...
April 10, 2008 - SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t), is ...
March 10, 2008 – On March 10 and 11, at Rush University Medical Center (RUSH), Chicago, IL, a mechanical circulatory ...