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HeartMate II pump approved by FDA

by Kendra James, RN on April 29th, 2008

Thoratec Corp. has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to use its HeartMate II heart pump to help advanced-stage heart failure patients survive while awaiting heart transplants.

Until now some heart transplant recipients were not able to receive pumps due to size and gender. The hopes for the new pump is it’s ease of implantation

via East Bay Business Times 

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