FDA green lights Methodist Healthcare for use of new heart transplant technology

San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare ’s flagship hospital is the first such facility in Texas cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for commercial use of a new technology that could revolutionize heart transplantation. Its use of that device is also expected to widen the pool of potential donors and could position Methodist as an even bigger player in the organ transplant field. That new technology is Massachusetts-based TransMedics Inc.’s Organ Care System, engineered to emulate the…
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