New smaller design...for smaller size patients....BD
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thoratec Corp won U.S. approval to sell a new implanted heart pump to keep patients alive while they wait for a transplant, U.S. health regulators said on Monday.
The HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist
System is more compact than earlier devices and can be implanted in women or smaller men, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement.
The new device is about three inches long and weighs about one pound, the FDA said.
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