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Life with an Artificial Heart
Nurnberger Nachrichten
Dec. 21, 2006
At the Universitätsklinikum in Erlangen, for the first time in Bavaria, a patient was implanted with a total artificial heart... read more
Artificial Heart, Real Hope
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dec. 10, 2006
From his ninth-floor hospital room, Ray Harmon ignores the panoramic view of the Milwaukee skyline and stares obsessively at the flock of pigeons that hang out on the ledge below... read more
Transplant Patients Honor UMC
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Oct. 30, 2006
Carrie Coykendall, a recent UA graduate, said she volunteers at UMC with patients who are on artificial heart devices while waiting for a heart transplant. "It is really encouraging and exciting to come here and meet people who have made it through that process and are doing really well years after their transplant," said Coykendall. Bill Wohl, a Scottsdale resident, is one of the 70 patients who were part of an experiment that helped get FDA approval for the CardioWest artificial heart... read more
Current Status of the Artificial Heart
American Heart Journal
July 2006
CardioWest™ Labeled ‘Gold Standard’:
"The authors concluded that the CardioWest™ TAH was not only safe and efficient for bridging patients to transplant, but also consider its use a gold standard in treating critically ill patients requiring mechanical circulatory support...” read more
CardioWest™ TAH-t Sales Potential:
"Based on reports from the Institute of Medicine and several NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) workshops, 50,000 to 100,000 patients each year could benefit from mechanical circulatory support, of which 5% to 10% would be served best with a TAH..." read more
Dying Heart Replaced with Hope
The Columbus Dispatch
June 8, 2006
A machine the size of two small apples sits in the chest of an Ohio State University Medical Center patient where his heart once was... read more
Heart Swap-out, Taught Step by Step
Arizona Daily Star
April 27, 2006
You, too, can implant an artificial heart. Or so it seemed this week as Dr. Jack Copeland trained an East Coast surgical team at University Medical Center... read more
The CardioWest™ temporary Total Artificial Heart
MedGadget
April 7, 2006
Virginia Commonwealth University's Pauley Heart Center has performed an implantation of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart, or TAH-t, a modern version of the Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart, the one that made headlines in the 1980s... read more
SynCardia Marks Profit Milestones
Cardiovascular Device Update
March 31, 2006
Rodger Ford, CEO of SynCardia (Tucson, Arizona), maker of the only FDA-approved total artificial heart, last month at an investor meeting promised that the company will move from “lifesaving science venture” to profitability this year... read more
SynCardia, Berlin Heart Mark Profit and Clinical Milestones
Medical Device Daily
Feb. 16, 2006
Two companies focused on the end-stage heart assist sector had good news for investors and patients over the past week. SynCardia Systems (Tucson, Arizona) laid out optimistic prospects for the near- and longer-term at an investor meeting on Friday... read more
Firm's Pace Picks Up
Arizona Daily Star
Jan. 21, 2006
The CEO of the Tucson-based company that makes the only FDA-approved total artificial heart told investors Friday that 2006 will be the year that SynCardia Systems Inc. turns the corner from a life-saving science project to a profitable business... read more
