Doctors Estimate up to 10 Patients a Year at Allegheny Could Benefit from the Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to TransplantContinue reading
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1,000th Implant of the World’s Only Approved Total Artificial Heart Performed
SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced today that the 1,000th implant of the world’s first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart was performed on Feb. 10 at The University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. Since then, an additional four implants of the Total Artificial Heart have been performed at SynCardia Certified Centers in Germany, France and the United States.Continue reading
SynCardia Selected as a Finalist for the 2012 MEDTEC Europe Innovation Awards
Another honor announced for the 2011 Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year
Freedom® Portable Driver for Powering SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart Shortlisted for “Most Innovative Cardiac Product of the Year”
SynCardia Bridges the Gap for Heart Patient in Slovina
1st Total Artificial Heart Patient in Slovenia Discharged from UMC Ljubljana Using the Freedom® Portable Driver
SynCardia Total Artificial Heart was the “Perfect Solution” for Near-Death Patient with Ventricular Septal DefectContinue reading
SynCardia Nearly Doubles Sales for Second Straight Year in 2011
Manufacturer of World’s Only Approved Total Artificial Heart Profitable for 1st Time in Company’s 10-Year History
SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world’s only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that in 2011, the company nearly doubled sales for the second straight year, representing a four-fold increase since 2009.Continue reading
Total Artificial Heart Recipient Heads Home for the Holidays with New Donor Heart & Kidney
Husband and Wife’s New Year’s Resolutions: Become Advocates for Organ Donation, Meet the Donor Family and Inspire Love and Peace Amongst OthersContinue reading
SynCardia expands to Europe
SynCardia Forms European Entity to Address Growing Demand for
World’s Only Approved Total Artificial Heart
18 New European Hospitals Have Enrolled in SynCardia’s Certification Program to Implant the Total Artificial Heart during the Last 15 Months.Continue reading
SynCardia Honored with Membership in World Technology Network
Total Artificial Heart Manufacturer Joins Members from More Than 60 Countries Judged by Their Peers as the Most Innovative in the Technology WorldContinue reading
2011 AZBio Awards Honorees Announced
The Arizona BioIndustry is Moving Forward Faster in 2011
The Arizona BioIndustry Association has selected finalists and honorees for its annual awards gala to be held at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass on Oct. 13. Awards to be presented include: 2011 Michael A. Cusanovich Educator of the Year, Fast Lane Company Awards, the Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year, the Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year Award, and the Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year Award.
SynCardia Freedom Driver allows patients waiting for a heart transplant the freedom to go home
Until now, patients with artificial hearts had to stay in the hospital until a
donor heart was available for transplant. The wait involved being hooked up to
an enormous machine weighing over 400 pounds, and could last years.Now, a new portable device from SynCardia Systems, Inc, called the “Freedom” driver allows patients waiting for a heart transplant the freedom to be out and about instead of in the hospital. Compact enough to fit into a backpack, users plug the device into a standard outlet at home.Continue reading