Category: Interventional Device

HeartWare releases clinical trial data

November 10, 2009 by MassDevice staff

HeartWare International Inc. released data from a clinical trial of its miniature heart pump in patients with end-stage heart failure, showing survival rates of 90 percent and 84 percent after six months and two years, respectively.

The Framingham, Mass.-based firm's left ventricular assist device is designed to provide a bridge to heart transplant patients, improving their cardiac function while they await a donor organ.

Zoll closes $12 million Alsius buyout

May 6, 2009 by MassDevice staff

Zoll Medical Corp. closed its $12 million acquisition of Alsius Corp., saying it intends to maintain the Alsius brand on its new line of intravascular temperature management systems.