DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's investigational device exemption application to start ...

After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, after receiving treatment with a supportive heart pump, the capacity of a damaged heart to ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

A groundbreaking soft robotic heart could transform treatment for end-stage heart failure, bringing us closer than ever to fully functional, biocompatible artificial organs. Study: A soft robotic ...

Choon-Sik Jhun, associate professor of surgery at Penn State College of Medicine, holds a prototype for a pediatric heart pump. With support from a new NIH grant, Jhun and his collaborators will test ...

When a healthy heart does its thing in the human body, it uses what’s called a pulsatile flow to rhythmically move blood through the cardiovascular system. When the heart is offline during certain ...