ABIOMED forms collaborative agreement with Rabin Medical Center to test AbioCor implantable replacement heart.ABIOMED ABIOMED is a Danvers, Massachusetts-based company that builds the AbioCor Artificial Heart, the first fully implanted device of its kind. The AbioCor was approved for Humanitarian Use on September 5, 2006. , Inc., Danvers, MA, announced it has reached a collaborative agreement with the Rabin Medical Center The Rabin Medical Center is a medical center in Petah Tikva, Israel. It is currently the second largest medical center in Israel after Sheba Medical Center, having lost the title of largest in 2006. , Petach-Tikva, Israel, with the objective of demonstrating device the team readiness of ABIOMED's AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart in preparation for human trials. The company says the Rabin Medical Center is the first of a select number of respected heart cardiac surgery Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart and/or great vessels performed by a cardiac surgeon. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease centers outside the US to be in device and team readiness training for initial human trials with the battery-powered AbioCor Heart. The AbioCor heart is a medical device intended to replace a patient's diseased dis·eased adj. 1. Affected with disease. 2. Unsound or disordered. heart and take over its pumping function. The company says it is designed for use by patients with irreparably ir·rep·a·ra·ble adj. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend: irreparable harm; irreparable damages. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin damaged hearts who are at risk of imminent death, but whose other viable organs remain viable. The Israeli team joins 5 US teams selected for initial AbioCor clinical trials in the US subject to regulatory approval by the Food and Drug Administration. Contact: John Thero - (978) 777-5410 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion