One Year After Its Incorporation, the Young Innovative Company CARMAT Inaugurates Its Cleanroom Facilities in the Presence of Valerie Pecresse, France's Minister for Higher Education and Research.First-in-Man Clinical Trials by 2011 Press Briefing at 6.45pm on October 27(th), 2009, at Carmat's Premises in Velizy VELIZY, France -- CARMAT SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. , a Young Innovative Company (YIC YIC Youth Information Centre (UNICEF) YIC Young Innovative Company YIC Yes I Can YIC Yours in Christ YIC Yanbu Industrial College (Saudi Arabia) YIC You're in Command ) developing the world's most advanced artificial heart (video), today announced the inauguration of its cleanroom facilities in the presence of Valerie Pecresse, France's Minister for Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. and Research. The inauguration will take place at 6pm today (Tuesday, October 27th) at the company's premises in Velizy and will be followed by a press briefing at 6.45pm. CARMAT Chairman Jean Claude Cadudal emphasized the exceptional importance of this event for the company: "We are very honoured by Minister Valerie Pecresse presence at this inauguration. The event marks a major step forward and our transition from the design phase to device manufacturing intended for the first-in-man clinical trials by 2011. One year to the day after the company's incorporation, we are continuing to meet our stated objectives, with a view to providing the medical community with a fully implantable artificial heart." The development of complex bioprotheses is one of the most promising new approaches in medicine. CARMAT SAS embodies the exploitation of research excellence and the convergence of several cutting-edge technologies. The company is now addressing a major challenge in public health with very significant socio-economic implications. About CARMAT SAS: Paris-based CARMAT was incorporated in June 2008 and financed by TRUFFLE truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. CAPITAL, EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study and the Fondation Alain Carpentier, with additional funding from the French state innovation agency OSEO. The company has been spun out of a collaboration between the renowned surgeon Professor Carpentier and EADS on implementation of biomaterials and cutting-edge technologies in the construction of an artificial heart. CARMAT intends to market a fully implantable artificial heart that will be able to provide renewed hope and quality of life to the hundreds of thousands of patients suffering in the aftermath of a massive heart attack or with late-stage heart failure and for whom standard drug therapy, ventricular ven·tric·u·lar adj. Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus. ventricular pertaining to a ventricle. ventricular assist device assistance and/or a heart transplant heart transplant Procedure to remove a diseased heart and replace it with a healthy one from a legally dead donor. The first was performed in 1967 by Christiaan Barnard. have failed or are not possible. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.carmatsas.com. |
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