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Levitronix Heart Pump Gets FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption

October 9, 2008 | 
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Medical News Today -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) for the first heart pump that provides certain critically ill patients with temporary support for the right side of their heart.
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