DUBLIN, Oct. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it has received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

BEAR, Delaware (WPVI) -- When medication stops helping with heart failure, a ventricular assist device might be the next option. VAD implants have doubled in the past decade, but are still underused.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved updated labeling to remove aspirin as part of routine care after implant of Abbott’s fully ...

BORDEAUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FineHeart S.A, a medical device company developing the FLOWMAKER®, a fully implantable cardiac output restoration system (ICOMS) to address the unmet needs of ...

Fineheart SA will soon begin a first-in-human study of Flowmaker, its fully implantable left ventricular assist device, in France, after receiving authorization from the French National Agency for the ...

Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted conditional approval to conduct an Investigational Device Exemption study of Jarvik Heart’s new miniature Left Ventricular ...

Durable mechanical circulatory support for patients with advanced heart failure is currently limited to one left ventricular assist device. Several ventricular assist devices are in development, ...