FDA approves the first fully implantable artificial heart
Abiomed can sell up to 4,000 a year
After three decades of research and a difficult three-year human trial, one of the most complex and expensive devices in medical history won federal approval yesterday: the first fully implantable artificial heart. (Full article: 854 words)
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