The first artificial heart will go on sale in 2021

An artificial heart transplant is an intermediate step in heart transplantation for patients who,

for example, they suffer from heart failure at the last stage. 

The Carmat artificial heart has the potential to be very successful. By 2030, annual sales in Europe could reach €700 million. 

Mohameda Kaabouni, Analyst at Portzamparc 

Amid the news, Carmat shares soared 46.6%.

Work on creating an artificial heart has begun27 years ago. In 1993, cardiac surgeon Alain Carpentier approached French industrialist Jean-Luc Lagardère with the idea. Lagardère, the owner of Matra, an aerospace equipment company, provided Carpentier with several laboratories and engineers. Over the years, this project has grown.

The artificial heart is planned to hit the market in the second half of 2021. 

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