Neckepur SAS signed a licensing agreement with Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) to develop an in vitro diagnostic technology to optimize the medical devices used in extracorporeal ...

Extracorporeal life support can be used both for cardiopulmonary support and to rewarm patients who have had multiple trauma, either during surgical or endovascular procedures, or after major bleeding ...

THE ideal perfusion fluid for use in an artificial cardiopulmonary system should approach the patient's own blood in composition. For this reason antigenically compatible donor blood with viable ...

The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, ...

When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...

Global ECMO Market OverviewThe global Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation market is projected to register steady growth of ...

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is increasingly used in the treatment of infarct-related cardiogenic shock despite a lack of evidence regarding its effect on mortality. In this multicenter trial, ...

Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin to die. It only takes another five minutes for irreversible neurological ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CardiacAssist, Inc. today announced that it has received a Class 3 CE-mark for its new PROTEK Duo TM veno-venous cannula. The PROTEK Duo is licensed for use as a single ...