Project Updates
HeartMate 3 Heart Pump, USA
Credit: Abbott
Project type: HeartMate III™ Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
Developer: Thoratec/Abbott
Applications: Advanced heart failure management
Development Status: US and EU approved
Abbott's HeartMate 3™ LVAD supports advanced heart failure patients with Full MagLev™ Flow technology, providing essential circulatory assistance either temporarily or permanently.
Boston Scientific’s LithoVue EU System, USA
Credit: Boston Scientific
Project type: Ureteroscope system
Developer: BostonScientific
Applications: To visualise organs, cavities, and canals in the urinary tract
Development Status: Approved in the US
The LithoVue™ Elite Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope System is designed for visualising organs, cavities and canals within the urinary tract, including the urethra, bladder, ureter, calyces and renal papillae, through transurethral or percutaneous access routes.
Fujifilm’s Echelon Synergy MRI System, USA
Credit: FUJIFILM
Project type: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system
Developer: FUJIFILM Healthcare
Applications: Head, body, spine, and extremities imaging
Development Status: Approved in the US
The Echelon Synergy is a state-of-the-art, advanced 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system designed and manufactured by FUJIFLM Healthcare, a medical device company.