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Totally implanted artificial heart.

Publication: FDA Consumer
Publication Date: 01-NOV-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Totally implanted artificial heart.(ABIOMED Inc.)

Article Excerpt
Under the Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) provisions of the Food, Drug, and CosmeticAct, the FDA has approved the first totally implanted artificial heart for patients with advanced heart failure involving both pumping chambers of the heart.

The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, made by Abiomed Inc., Danvers, Mass., was approved in September 2006. It is intended for people who are not eligible for a heart transplant and who...

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