Thousands of HVADs could have faulty battery cells. Nancy Crotti HeartWare International is recalling more than 18,000 batteries for ventricular assist devices it sold between 2013 and 2015, the ...
Medtronic’s HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) may be off the market, but it’s still very much on the company’s mind. The devicemaker discontinued new sales and implants of its HeartWare ...
Five years after Medtronic's billion-dollar purchase of HeartWare International, the company discontinued the device at the center of acquisition — a miniaturized, implantable heart pump — with no ...
SALT LAKE CITY- Surgeons at University of Utah Hospital have performed the hospital’s first implant of a new generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD) using the HeartWare HVAD. The tiny, ...
As one of two major players in the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) market, HeartWare has been seen as an acquisition target in the past. In fact, LVAD pioneer and HeartWare competitor Thoratec ...
Medtronic is recalling one lot of batteries that power its HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) System due to a welding defect that can cause them to malfunction. The US Food and Drug ...