When a patient needs a new heart valve, the current mechanical and tissue replacements each have strengths and weaknesses. Now, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers believe they have found a way to ...

For the past 15 years, pilot-operated safety relief valves (POSRVs) have effectively and reliably protected economizers on Section I power boilers in overpressure situations, working in tandem ...

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. Circulation, 2017; 136 (3): 329 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028783 ...

In May 2015, though, when she was 8 months old, Sadie had surgery to connect the mechanical heart valve. Seattle Children's said in a media statement that she was the first child in the valve ...

The Series D3FP direct-operated control valve from Parker Hannifin combines high dynamics with high flow. It is used for precise accuracy in positioning hydraulic axis and controlling pressure and ...

LOS ANGELES—January 25, 2025—A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

Legendary med-tech entrepreneur Manny Villafaña sketched the idea for a mechanical heart valve on the back of a napkin in October 1976 for St. Jude Medical, the company he founded.

Boston: Mechanical heart valves may be safer in certain cases than those made of animal tissue and should be used more as a replacement, especially in younger patients, according to a study ...

The tiny valve is made in Minnesota and was originally developed by St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer that was purchased by Abbott in January 2017 for $25 billion. Dr. Carl Backer ...

Every year, approximately 300,000 patients undergo heart valve surgery worldwide, with numbers expected to rise in the future. 2 Mechanical valves are associated with a superior durability but ...