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AbioMed
Introduction
AbioMed is a Danvers, Massachusetts, Massachusetts-based company that builds the AbioCor Artificial Heart, the first fully implanted device of its kind. The AbioCor was approved for Humanitarian Use on September 5, 2006.
External links
- FDA Approval Press Release September 5, 2006.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]