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AbioCor II

A next-generation implantable replacement heart, which incorporates the best from AbioCor and the Penn State Heart. It is smaller, and thus fits into more patients, with a goal is 5-year reliability.

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The AbioCor is intended to replace the severely damaged native heart of patients who are not eligible for a transplant and have no other treatment alternative.

Abiomed receives HDE supplement approval from the FDA for systems upgrades of its implantable replacement heart

The AbioCor was approved under a humanitarian device exemption.

FDA approves first artificial implantable heart

The AbioCor is the result of almost 30 years of research and development, much of which was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

FDA approves first artificial implantable heart

Currently in clinical trials, the AbioCor Implantable Heart, from AbioMed of Danvers, Mass.

A whole new heart: more than two decades after the first ill-fated attempt at building a better heart, research and technology are finally catching up with intent

The AbioCor is a vast improvement over older fake hearts, some of which relied on 159-kg (350-lb) external power devices.

ScienceWorld[R]: body shop

His doctors said he died not because of problems with the AbioCor heart, but because of abdominal bleeding brought on by long-standing health problems.

A true pioneer

Nasdaq: ABMD) for use in Abiomed's AbioCor self-contained mechanical heart.

AXSYS GETS FOLLOW-ON ORDER FOR ARTIFICIAL HEART MOTORS

Lederman, presidente y director ejecutivo de Abiomed, la compania fabricante del corazon artificial, llamado Abiocor, quien ha senalado que en esta primera etapa de experimentacion en humanos, la meta es duplicar la vida de los pacientes; es decir, lograr que con el corazon de reemplazo vivan 60 dias.

Pequeno paso hacia un corazon feliz

Danvers, MA, received a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart (AbioCor).

Abiomed receives Humanitarian Device Exemption for world's first totally implanted permanent heart

Unlike earlier artificial hearts, which kept patients bedridden and wired to fridge-size power sources, the new AbioCor replacement heart fits entirely in a person's chest (see diagram).