Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical equipment company specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It is mostly known for a transcatheter aortic heart valve made of bovine tissue within a collapsible stainless-steel stent, deployed via catheter.[1]
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Type | Public |
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ISIN | US28176E1082 ![]() |
Industry | Medical device |
Founded | 1958 |
Headquarters | Irvine, California, U.S. |
Key people | Michael A. Mussallem, Chairman & CEO |
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Revenue | $3.73 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 12,800 (2018) |
Website | edwards |
Their SAPIEN product is an FDA-approved device for percutaneous aortic valve replacement.[2]
References
- Visualizing the Sapien Heart Valve American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
- Edward Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval Expanding Access to Sapien Heart Valves The Wall Street Journal Online
External links
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