preCARDIA
preCARDIA developed an inpatient partially implantable device for treating patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF). It is based on the invention of Dr. Navin Kapur, Interventional Cardiologist and Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant specialist, and Director of the Acute Circulatory Support Program at Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Richard Karas, M.D., Ph.D former CSO and former Executive Director Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) Tufts Medical Center. The company was acquired by Abiomed in 2021.
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Abiomed Acquires preCARDIA
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