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  2. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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    1966 DeBakey ventricular assist device. [22] The first left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system was created by Domingo Liotta at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 1962. The first LVAD was implanted in 1963 by Liotta and E. Stanley Crawford.

  3. Thoratec - Wikipedia

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    With the 2001 Thermo Cardiosystems merger, Thoratec acquired the HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, an implanted VAD for end-stage heart patients. A landmark three-year study of 129 patients at 22 major medical centers, called REMATCH (Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure) and published in November 2001, found that the HeartMate VE ...

  4. ReliantHeart Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The HeartAssist5 is a modern version of the DeBakey VAD [10] and as of December 2014 was the only remotely monitored medical device in the world. [8] It was first approved for use in Europe in 2009 under MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. [11] The HeartAssist5 is in use in Europe [10] as a destination therapy by patients who are not candidates to receive heart transplants and as a bridge to ...

  5. 15 Biggest Medical Device Companies in the World - AOL

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    14. Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE:PEN) Market Cap as of November 18: $7.34 B . Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 27. Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE:PEN) is a medical device company that manufactures products for the ...

  6. Berlin Heart - Wikipedia

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    Berlin Heart GmbH is a German company that develops, produces and markets ventricular assist devices (VADs). The devices mechanically support the hearts of patients with end-stage heart failure. Berlin Heart's products include the implantable INCOR VAD and the paracorporeal EXCOR VAD. To date, Berlin Heart produces the only device of its kind ...

  7. Destination therapy - Wikipedia

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    In 2000, the Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (REMATCH) trial was conducted. REMATCH was a multi-center study supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to compare long-term implantation of left ventricular assist devices with optimal medical management for patients with end-stage heart failure who require, but do not ...

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