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Shiley heart valve

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Shiley heart valve
Björk-Shiley 60 degree Converso-Concave prosthetic heart valve Cardiovascular surgery An artificial heart valve manufactured until 1985, when it was withdrawn from the market for valve failure due to strut fractures. See Product liability.


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FOR STUDY LEGAL ETHICS 115 (1999) (citing cases involving silicone-gel breast implants, the prescription drugs Zomax and Halcion, the fungicide Benlate, the Shiley Heart Valve, and GM pickups equipped with side-mounted gas tanks).
a diversified research-based health care company with businesses in more than 140 countries, intended the opening address of its 1989 annual report to dispel fears about the liability impact relating to Shiley heart valves.
Thyagarajan has held senior research-and-regulatory management positions at 3F Therapeutics and VenPro (both cardiac implant start-up environments), the Shiley Heart Valve Research Center and Baxter Healthcare Corp.
 
 
 
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