the new generation: a replaceable heart.
Let's face it these LVADs are pathetic and need a working heart to keep someone alive. Look at the new generation. The complete replacement heart developed by Abiomed is outperforming the cumbersome cannulae, flaky batteries and high mortality of LVADS. Check these headlines out and wonder where the $322m market cap came from. Abiomed has a market cap of $197mUS and makes LVADs as well as other things:
News Releases
July 8, 2004 -- 13th ABIOCOR® REPLACEMENT HEART PATIENT REACHES 60 DAY MILESTONE
May 26, 2004 -- JEWISH HOSPITAL/U of L TEAM IMPLANTS ABIOCOR
May 6, 2004 -- JEWISH HOSPITAL/UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE TEAM IMPLANTS ABIOCOR DEVICE
November 3, 2003 -- JEWISH HOSPITAL TEAM IMPLANTS PERMANENT LIONHEART ASSIST DEVICE
September 8, 2003 -- Friends and Family of Tom Christerson Hold Events in His Honor
April 18, 2003 -- Artificial Heart Patient Passes Away
March 18, 2003 -- AbioCor Artificial Heart Patient Passes Away
February 7, 2003 -- TOM CHRISTERSON, WORLD’S SECOND ARTIFICIAL HEART PATIENT, PASSES AWAY
January 23, 2003 -- Jewish Hospital/University of Louisville Team Implants AbioCor
January 8, 2003 -- ABIOCOR HEART IMPLANTED AT JEWISH HOSPITAL BY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SURGEONS
January 8, 2003 -- UPDATE ON ARTIFICIAL HEART PATIENT TOM CHRISTERSON
October 29, 2002 -- Artificial Heart patient Tom Christerson marks another milestone
September 25, 2002 -- Artificial heart patient honored during American Heart Walk
September 13, 2002 -- Jewish Hospital Foundation announces Christerson Nursing Scholarship
September 10, 2002 -- ABIOCOR PATIENT CELEBRATES ONE YEAR
June 18, 2002 -- TOM CHRISTERSON ENJOYS EVERYDAY LIFE IN CENTRAL CITY
June 17, 2002 -- NEWS RELEASE OF TOM CHRISTERSON PLANNED
April 15, 2002 -- SECOND ABIOCOR PATIENT IS GOING HOME
April 11, 2002 -- ABIOCOR SURGERY PERFORMED, PATIENT DOES NOT SURVIVE
April 2, 2002 -- ABIOCOR RECIPIENT AND HEART SURGEONS STEPPING OUT FOR LUNCH AT Z'S
March 29, 2002 -- ABIOCOR RECIPIENT TOM CHRISTERSON, SURGEON ROB DOWLING TO
THROW CEREMONIAL PITCH AT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FIELD
March 27, 2002 -- World's second artificial heart patient leaves hospital
March 13, 2002 -- World's second artificial heart patient marks six months
March 11, 2002 -- World's second AbioCor™ heart patient to meet the press
February 14, 2002 -- Surgeons update condition of second AbioCor heart patient
December 21, 2001 -- Louisville surgeons say second AbioCor patient improving
December 4, 2001 -- Memorial Services Set for First AbioCor Totally Implantable Heart Recipient - Robert Tools
November 30, 2001 -- FIRST PATIENT ENROLLED IN ABIOCOR TRIAL DIES
November 30, 2001 -- Condition of first artificial heart patient deteriorates
November 20, 2001 -- SURGEONS UPDATE STATUS OF FIRST ABIOCOR PATIENT
November 14, 2001 --LOUISVILLE SURGEONS GIVE UPDATE ON PATIENTS' CONDITION
November 13, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE SURGEONS PLAN UPDATE ON STATUS OF FIRST ABIOCOR PATIENT
November 5, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE SURGEONS UPDATE CONDITION OF SECOND ABIOCOR PATIENT
October 31, 2001 -- ABIOCOR SURGEONS GIVE UPDATE ON STATUS OF PATIENTS, PROGRAM
October 5, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE-BASED ABIOCOR SURGEONS UPDATE PATIENTS' PROGRESS
September 25, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE ABIOCOR SURGEONS REPORT ON PATIENTS' PROGRESS
September 24, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE ABIOCOR SURGEONS TO OFFER MEDICAL UPDATE
September 19, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE PHYSICIANS OFFER UPDATE ON ARTIFICIAL HEART PATIENTS' PROGRESS
September 13, 2001 -- WORLD'S SECOND ABIOCOR IMPLANT PERFORMED BY LOUISVILLE MEDICAL TEAM
September 7, 2001 -- BOB TOOLS, ABIOCOR PATIENT, CONTINUES PROGRESS
August 30, 2001 -- ARTIFICIAL HEART PATIENT, BOB TOOLS, CELEBRATES 60-DAY MARK
August 20, 2001 -- Artificial Heart Physicians Plan News Briefing
August 17, 2001 -- Artificial Heart Physicians Plan News Briefing
August 13, 2001 -- AbioCor Patient Experiences Minor Setback
July 27, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE SURGEONS SAY ARTIFICIAL HEART PATIENT STILL DOING WELL
July 17, 2001 -- PHYSICIANS SAY PATIENT WHO RECEIVED FIRST ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART DOING WELL
TWO WEEKS AFTER SURGERY
July 14, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE PHYSICIANS TO HOLD PRESS BRIEFING MONDAY TO GIVE ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART UPDATE
July 14, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE PHYSICIANS TO HOLD PRESS BRIEFING MONDAY TO GIVE ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART UPDATE
July 11, 2001 -- Implantable Replacement Heart Patient Update
July 10, 2001 -- AbioCor™ Implantable Replacement Heart Update
July 5, 2001 -- Media Advisory
July 4, 2001 -- LOUISVILLE PHYSICIANS DISCUSS FIRST ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART
July 4, 2001-- ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART PROCEDURE PERFORMED AT JEWISH HOSPITAL BY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SURGEONS
July 3, 2001 -- BACKGROUND-ROLL AVAILABLE REGARDING ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART PROCEDURE
July 3, 2001 -- ABIOCOR IMPLANTABLE REPLACEMENT HEART PROCEDURE PERFORMED AT JEWISH HOSPITAL BY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SURGEONS
Feb. 1, 2001 -- Louisville physicians discuss FDA approval for ABIOMED to begin human implants of artificial heart
Jan. 30, 2001 -- ABIOMED gets O.K. from FDA to begin human implants of artificial heart
August 12, 1999 -- University of Louisville/Jewish Hospital Team Meets Initial Goal in Replacement Heart Research
May 11, 1998 -- Totally Implantable Heart Replacement Device in Advanced Stages of Development
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