Article: HEALTH-HEART-TECHNOLOGY-FRANCE-EUROPE

Article: Artificial parts; replacing flesh and bone, machine-made implants are transforming victims of disease and injury.
U.S. News & World Report;  November 11, 1985 ;     700+ words ......hope to provide diabetics with an implantable artificial pancreas within five years. Undergoing...complete dialysis. Although an implantable artificial kidney is believed impossible...clots. The ultimate goal: A totally implantable artificial heart that enables patients to...

Article: Totally Implantable Artificial Heart for Clinical Use.(Brief Article)
Japanese Biotechnology & Medical Technology;  October 1, 2001 ;     219 words ......development of a compact, safe, reliable and permanent implantable artificial heart system which can be used as a bridge to cardiac...improve the durability, biocompatibility and safety of the implantable artificial heart that was developed in 1995 after five years of...

Article: California Inventor Develops Implantable Artificial Heart Apparatus
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 7, 2007 ;     326 words ......Peralta of Santa Ana, Calif., has developed an implantable artificial heart apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent...Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "implantable artificial heart apparatus which has no moving parts...

Article: Worldwide Shortage of Glaxo's AIDS Drug, AZT, Alarms Patients, Advocates, Says AHF.
PR Newswire;  November 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......WHAT: Press Teleconference Call ON WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF GLAXOSMITHKLINE's AIDS DRUG, AZT...information above) to call attention to the worldwide shortage of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline...the developed world. The issue of a worldwide shortage of Retrovir brand AZT or ZDV ...

Article: Worldwide shortage of pilots affecting flight safety, say analysts
China Daily;  July 18, 2007 ;     414 words ......first officer may have contributed to the crash. And analysts say such apparent miscues are a troubling sign that the worldwide shortage of experienced pilots is starting to affect flight safety. "Although all airline pilots are trained to the same standards...

Article: $5M FOR HEART CENTER.(News)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  June 14, 2004 ;     58 words ...LOUISVILLE -- A research center being developed by the team that put the world's first totally implantable artificial heart in a human has received millions of dollars in contributions. Kosair Charities has given $5 million for a pediatric heart...

Article: U.S. government medical panel rejects implantable artificial heart
AP Worldstream;  June 23, 2005 ;     418 words ......Medical Writer AP Worldstream 06-23-2005 Dateline: WASHINGTON Government scientists narrowly rejected the first fully implantable artificial heart Thursday, saying they were unsure if a few extra months of life outweighed the serious side effects. The AbioCor...

Article: FDA APPROVES THE FIRST FULLY IMPLANTABLE ARTIFICIAL HEART
The Boston Globe;  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......history won federal approval yesterday: the first fully implantable artificial heart. The AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, made...company set a "lofty goal" in trying to build a fully implantable artificial heart. With its combination of mechanical pump, computer...

Article: Tejal Desai, a biomedical engineer at Boston University, displays an implantable artificial pancreas she developed to replace uncomfortable insulin injections for diabetic patients. The device is bein
KRT Photos;  August 25, 2004 ;     192 words ......BY PETER HOWARD/WHITAKER INSTITUTE (August 25) Tejal Desai, a biomedical engineer at Boston University, displays an implantable artificial pancreas she developed to replace uncomfortable insulin injections for diabetic patients. The device is being tested...

Article: Respect nature, not GM vested interests ; The worldwide shortage of staple foods such as wheat, and the consequent increase in price, is one of the most serious developments of recent times. It threatens the survival of millions of poor and the basic living standards of everyone, and could even cause political destabilisation and wars.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The worldwide shortage of staple foods such as wheat, and the consequent increase in price, is one of the most serious developments of recent times. It...

Article: FRANCE TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART
AP Images;  October 27, 2008 ;     67 words ...The prototype of a fully implantable artificial heart is seen at the biomedical firm Carmat in Suresnes, west of Paris, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. French professor and leading heart...

Article: New artificial heart given approval by FDA.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 6, 2006 ;     131 words ...WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for use the first totally implantable artificial heart under a program that will make the complicated, $250,000 device available for as many as 4,000 people. The decision reverses...

Article: British Surgeons to Implant World's First Mini
Xinhua English Newswire;  May 10, 1998 ;     134 words ......The Sunday Times reported Sunday. The titanium mini-heart, developed in America, is the first of a new generation of implantable artificial hearts which may offer an alternative to scarce human organs in transplants, the newspaper said. The powerful miniature...

Article: Heart implant device is approved by the FDA
Daily Breeze;  September 6, 2006 ;     193 words ......The Food and Drug Administration gave limited approval on Tuesday to a Massachusetts company to sell the first fully implantable artificial heart, a device that can let patients move about freely for up to two hours at a time. The approval was given even though...