Press Releases

HeartAssist 5® Earns World Record

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Texas Heart Institute and MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc. announced today, during the opening of the 6th Annual European Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit in Paris, a new record has been established for an animal supported by an Electronic, Continuous Flow, Total Artificial Heart.

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MicroMed Wins TiE50 Award

MAY 24, 2011

MicroMed Cardiovascular Inc. has been named a TiE50 Winner, as a leader in innovation, ingenuity, and management excellence. The TiE50 award is presented by TiE to the hottest and most promising startups in the world.

TiE is a Global Oorganization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network sponsored by top venture capital firms and Fortune 500 corporations. TiE is spread across 54 chapters in 13 countries, comprised of 1,800 experienced entrepreneurs and business executives as charter members, 12,000 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals as members.

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