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Taiwan relies on ventricular assist devices made in Berlin
INCOR - Left Ventricular Assist Device
As VAD treatment of patients suffering from heart failure becomes more and more important, Prof. Wang – Professor of Division of Cardiovascular Surgery of the National Taiwan University Hospital – held a VAD symposium last month.15 centers from all over Taiwan came to participate in this symposium in order to share their experience. Moreover a Berlin Heart team took part in the meeting, presented the INCOR® and EXCOR® device and held a product-training exercise for all participants.
Hospitals which implant the Berlin Heart devices for the first time, benefit from the technical and clinical support Berlin Heart offers before, during and after the operation. Furthermore, training for clinical staff will be implemented on site.
“The demographic change and thus the increasing number of patients suffering from heart failure not only affect Germany, but also Taiwan. We are glad that our products will, in the future contribute to a best patient treatment in Taiwan“, so Dr. Stefan Thamasett, General Manager at Berlin Heart.
About Berlin Heart
Berlin Heart GmbH is the only company worldwide that develops, produces, and distributes implantable and external ventricular assist devices for patients of every age and body size. The company is the market leader in Germany and Europe.
About the INCOR®
INCOR® is an implantable left ventricular assist device for adults. The impeller, the only moving part within the pump, is magnetically levitated, which makes the pump unique worldwide and ideally suited for long-term support. More than 500 patients have been supported with the system, some of them for several years. The longest support time so far is six years.
About EXCOR®
EXCOR® is a paracorporeal ventricular assist device for patients of all age groups, from newborns to adults. It is used for short-, mid- and long-term cardiac support and can support failing hearts for any duration from a couple of days to several months and years. Since the first implantation in 1988 EXCOR® has been implanted in more than 2.000 patients worldwide.
EXCOR® is currently under clinical investigation for paediatric use in USA. All other products are not FDA approved.
Berlin Heart
Kerstin Unkel
Wiesenweg 10
12247 Berlin
Germany
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