Structural Heart Devices Market to Gain Significant Traction as Medtronic Partners with The Foundry, a medical device company, to develop innovative Mitral Valve Repair Technology
Structural heart devices are medical devices with the ability to pump blood by way of the heart. This device is called the ventricular myocardium, and it is what pumps blood from the heart to the various chambers of the body. The structure that this type of heart device has is very basic - a couple of stacks of cells (or more, depending upon the desired function), and a tubing filled with fluid that can allow for the movement of the cells. This particular construction has allowed these devices to be built so that they can pump blood and create heart attacks and heart failure with much greater efficiency. Increasing prevalence of structural heart diseases such as valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and Marfan syndrome is expected to drive growth of the global structural heart devices market during the forecast period. According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC), 1 in 500 adults in the U.S. may have cardiomyopathy of all ages. According to the CDC, in 2017, ...