Carmat’s Artificial Heart Finds Its Way to First Human Patient in France
23rd December 2013
Carmat’s innovative artificial heart — which includes sections of cow tissue — initially won approval in Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Poland, and Belgium earlier this year. The company’s home country of France eventually came on board in September, and Health Minister Marisol Touraine is wasting no time in touting Carmat’s success. “This news brings great pride to France,” she told BFM TV. “It shows we are pioneers in healthcare, that we can invent, that we can carry an innovation that will also bring great hope to plenty of people.” Carmat’s CEO Marcelo Conviti took a more cautious tone. “We are delighted with this first implant, although it is premature to draw conclusions given that a single implant has been performed and that we are in the early postoperative phase,” he said in a statement.
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