After 27 years of efforts: the first fully artificial heart ... it is on the market
Medical technology company Carmat has obtained approval to sell the first-ever total artificial heart in Europe, the culmination of a 27-year effort.
According to Bloomberg News, Carmat obtained the approval of European regulators to sell it and give it the CE mark, which means that it can be transported within the countries of the European Common Market without hindrance, as the organizers saw that it might be a successful way to save patients who suffer Of untreated heart problems.
As a result, the shares of the French company rose by 50 percent, the biggest gain since May 2013.
“It took 10 years to obtain
,
” Stefan Piat, CEO of Carmat, said yesterday in an interview with BFM Business. The approval of the European authorities, a record number ».
"We will have to work with doctors and medical centers now to provide them with the device, and we will have to search for patients who need it," he added.
The production stage will be accurate ».
The surgeon and inventor of heart valves, Alain Carpentier, proposed the development of an artificial heart to the French businessman and founder of the "Matra" missile company, Jean-Luc Lagardier, in 1993.
Lagardier placed a number of Matra's laboratories and engineers at Carpentier's disposal to start the project that expanded. Over the years, it resulted in the establishment of the Carmat Company.
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