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Safety study of capsule endoscopy in patients with implantable cardiac devices finds no interference
Oct 26, 2009 |
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A study of patients with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators or left ventricular assist devices found that performing capsule endoscopy in these patients is safe and that the devices ...
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FDA OKs first compact heart-assist device
Apr 21, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of a compact heart-assist device that's the first to be designed for a small-sized adult.
Newer heart devices significantly improve survival, complication rate and quality of life
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A new generation of implanted devices that help a failing heart function properly is significantly more effective than the previous version, making these new devices an appropriate permanent therapy for many of the more than ...
Artificial pump effectively backs up failing hearts
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Patients with severe heart failure can be bridged to eventual transplant by a new, smaller and lighter implantable heart pump, according to a just-completed study of the device. Results of this third-generation heart assist ...
Web will work wonders for the faint hearted
Feb 14, 2008 |
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A new device could put the beat back into weak hearts - and free patients from a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs.
First heart patients implanted with next-generation mechanical heart pump
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the United States to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart™ Left-Ventricular ...
Pump design could give new hope to heart patients
Apr 12, 2007 |
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A new counter-flow heart pump being developed by Queensland University of Technology has the potential to revolutionise future designs of the mechanical heart. Lead researcher Associate Professor Andy Tan said the heart pump's ...
Pump design could give heart patients new hope
Apr 10, 2007 |
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A new counter-flow heart pump being developed by Queensland University of Technology has the potential to revolutionize future designs of the mechanical heart.
Risk score helps identify candidates for combined heart and kidney transplants
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a set of criteria that, when combined with a measure of kidney function, could help identify patients who are likely to receive a survival benefit from a combined heart and kidney transplant, according ...
RAND says further study warranted on save the world air technology
May 03, 2007 |
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A RAND Corporation report issued today says Save the World Air Inc. would need to conduct further laboratory studies and in-use testing to determine the effectiveness of its Zero Emission Fuel Saver (ZEFS) technology that ...
DALSA Semiconductor Delivers World’s First 100+ Million Pixel CCD Image Sensor
Jun 20, 2006 |
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DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation, announced that it has successfully fabricated and delivered the world’s highest resolution image sensor chip to its customer, Semiconductor Technology Associates ...
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