Berlin Heart
Berlin Heart GmbH is a German company that develops, produces and markets ventricular assist devices (VADs).
[1] In 1987, the first EXCOR LVAD implantation was performed by Roland Hetzer at the German Heart Centre in Berlin.
[2] The company officially began operations as Mediport Kardiotechnik GmbH in 1996, established by the German Heart Institute Berlin and was supported by private investors.
[4] The EXCOR Pediatric device received full premarket approval (PMA) in the U.S. in 2017.
The EXCOR product range covers blood pumps and cannula of various sizes and types.
In 2018 Chloe Caldwell became the first pediatric patient to be flown for a medical treatment from the United States to Germany.
The wholly owned Berlin Heart, Inc. in the Woodlands, Texas, provides support for implanting centers in the United States and Canada.
in front of the Head Office in Berlin