Astonishing Growth in Artificial Heart and Assist Devices Industry
Astonishing Growth in Artificial Heart and Assist Devices Industry
An artificial heart is a device that replaces the heart. Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the gap before a heart transplant or to permanently replace the heart if a heart transplant is impossible. Although other similar inventions preceded it from the late 1940s, the first artificial heart to be successfully implanted in a human was the 1982 Jarvik-7, designed by a team of Willem Johan Kolff and Robert Jarvik.Get Sample PDF
Some of the key players of Artificial Heart and Assist Devices Industry:
BiVACOR, SynCardia, Jarvik Heart, CARMAT, AbioMed, LivaNova (Sorin), Getinge (Maquet), Medtronic, Terumo CV Group, Braile Biomedica, Tianjin MedicalAn artificial heart is different from a ventricular assist device (VAD), which is designed to assist with heart failure. It is also different from a cardiopulmonary bypass machine, which is an external device that provides the functions of the heart and lungs. It is only used for a few hours at a time, most commonly during heart surgery.
A synthetic lung replacement remains a long-awaited "holy grail" in modern medicine. The obvious benefit of having a functioning artificial heart would be to reduce the need for lung transplants as the demand for organs always greatly outweighs supply.
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