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Change of Heart
Phoenix Magazine
September 2009
Bill Wohl wasn’t always a world-class triathlete with philanthropic goals. The once overly stressed, money-hungry businessman didn’t gain a new appreciation for life until his heart, and the heart of a complete stranger, stopped beating... read more
Passion of the Heart
Today's Medical Developments
Sept. 15, 2009
The exacting task of designing and manufacturing lifesaving medical devices that must work perfectly - each and every time - is daunting... read more
Becoming an Organ Donor
Studio 5 - Salt Lake City
Aug. 14, 2009
Total Artificial Heart recipient Greg Michels talks about waiting for his donor heart prior to his transplant (first 1:30, followed by discussion of organ donation)... watch video
Humans 2.0: Replacing the Mind and Body
Live Science
Aug. 2, 2009
When President Barack Obama said in his weekly radio address Saturday that innovation would be a key to the future of the nation, he probably was not thinking specifically of artificial brains or replacement eyeballs. But other researchers already have such goals in mind and are well on their way to building Humans 2.0... read more (see "The heart and other organs")
Tied to a 400-lb. 'Heart,' Man Awaits New Wonder
The Arizona Republic
May 30, 2009
Charles Okeke is a medical prisoner. The 42-year-old father of three looks and feels healthy, but for the past 11 months, he has been confined within the walls of the Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix. He has no idea when he might go home. Doctors took out Okeke's ailing heart last fall. Since then, he has relied on a Total Artificial Heart to keep him alive... read more
Artificial Heart Science
Our World Series
May 2009
Richard found his dream job as an Artificial Heart Engineer by having problem solving skills, a background in engineering, and being in the right place at the right time. Listen to his story... watch video (plays automatically)
Biomedical Engineering
Our World Series
May 2009
Come see science fiction come to life! Enter the heart transplant ward of a hospital and see real footage from the operating room. Meet the biomedical engineers and their patients who have become so close, they say they feel like family... watch video (5th video on Episode Index)
Heart Science (Extended Version)
Our World Series
May 2009
Meet biomedical engineers who combine medicine & engineering to create life saving devices and the patient whose life they saved... watch video (9th video on Episode Index)
Monumental Transplant Takes Place at UMC
KVOA Tucson
April 8, 2009
There's a new milestone in the heart transplant program at University Medical Center. A Nevada man, who has been living off an artificial heart machine for 5 months, just got a heart and kidney transplant on the same day. A week later he's talking about it... (no longer available)
Local Man a Pioneer for Heart Transplants
KVBC Las Vegas
April 3, 2009
A local man, who was among just a handful of people living with an artificial heart, now has the real thing. News 3's Tiffany DeLeon reports that he also has a new kidney to boot... read more
Study Reveals 37% of LVAD Patients Later Need RVAD
Medical Device Daily
March 4, 2009
It probably goes without saying that if a heart failure patient is going to develop right ventricular (RV) failure after receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), that patient should have received bi-ventricular support from the start. The problem is, predicting post-LVAD RV failure requiring mechanical support is anything but easy... read more
Companion Driver System Takes the Fast Track
Business Standards
Feb. 20, 2009
In January 2009, BSI performed an Onsite FastTrack Review of the European CE Marking application for the Companion Driver System, with a view to completing the CE Marking review process in 45 working days... read more
Rhythm of Life [Part 1 of 4]
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Feb. 9, 2009
Jerry Goodrich, 58, was implanted with the Total Artificial Heart on July 10, 2008, after suffering a massive heart attack... watch video
Rhythm of Life [Part 2 of 4]
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Feb. 9, 2009
After 124 days of life with the Total Artificial Heart, Jerry Goodrich, 58, received the matching donor heart he’d been waiting for... watch video
