Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat patients with severe heart and lung conditions A global philanthropy is ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and ...

DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the first two patients in the world have been treated with the Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, a compact cardiopulmonary bypass system.

MADISON, Wis. — UW Health says ECMO technology to treat cardiac arrest will now be available for children as young as 13. The health care provider is partnering with first responder agencies in the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — St. Vincent Medical Center has used extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to help a patient recover from a severe case of COVID-19. According to the medical center, after spending ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has relative contraindications in haemorrhagic disease but remains an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary haemorrhage ...

In case of heart and/or lung failure, an ECMO machine can be used to maintain organ function for days or even weeks. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has advanced, its ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Dr. Robert H. Bartlett, a University of Michigan surgeon who helped pioneer a critical piece of life support technology, has died. He was 86 years old. Michigan Medicine ...