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SynCardia Turning to Marketing
Arizona Daily Star
Dec. 22, 2005
Since becoming the first artificial heart to win federal approval for commercial use last year, the CardioWest total artificial heart has been a medical success... read more
And the Beat Goes On...
Inside Tucson Business
Sept. 12, 2005
It has been a long road to the point where SynCardia Systems is today. It's the convergence of technology and demand, along with the approval of government regulatory agencies and a set of keen business minds that has SynCardia poised to take off into the stratosphere with its CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart... read more
Artificial Hearts: The Beat Goes On
Wired Magazine
January 2005
Every year, more than 3,000 Americans need a new heart. Too bad the donor rate averages less than half that. Researchers struggled for decades to find alternatives to transplants - and this fall, the FDA finally approved the first completely artificial heart. Here's a look at the major milestones in ticker technology and what lies just around the bend... read more
