Edwards Lifesciences' Advanced Critical Care Platform Now Available in the U.S.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EW today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510k clearance for its new EV1000 clinical monitoring platform. With a touch-screen monitor that displays a patient's physiologic status and user-friendly clinical targets and alerts, the EV1000 clinical platform is designed to simplify decision-making in the operating room and intensive care unit. "I believe the key to improving patient outcomes in the OR and ICU is having continuous, real-time information about a patient's hemodynamic status at your fingertips," said Steve Woodford, M.D., Director of Intensive Care, Brisbane Waters Private Hospital. "The EV1000 clinical platform gives me the patient data that I need on one intuitive display that enables me to quickly decide the next course of treatment for my patients."