It happens more that doctors are unable to find a donor for children suffering from heart ailments and it is tough to pull on in the same manner. However, the million dollar question is it possible that the patients may survive until they get a life saver? In efforts to help kids under such an unfortunate situation the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department of the USA has approved a new medical device which helps in the proper functioning of the dysfunctional heart. This device is named as EXCOR Pediatric system is a finding of the Berlin Heart in Germany and is a mechanical pulsatile cardiac assisting instrument. The device is usage for all the children falling in various age groups from the newborns to the teenagers.
An expert from the FDA authority said that this is the initial step towards treating the young children as previously it was very tough to use the huge adult mechanisms for the same purpose in case of seriously ill children. Talking of the device the expert further said that it comprises of 1 to 2 blood pumps that work by air from the exteriors along with the many tubes that hook the pump to the heart chambers. The studies conducted had 48 patients who underwent the treatment of the device and results were found to be truly remarkable.
The EXCOR Pediatric system already has the approval from the Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) team. The promoters are allowed to promote the health device in the market as it is a complete FDA approved product however; they have to abide by some of the restrictions that have been laid by the former body.
