title: Ottawa researchers enter home stretch in race to produce artificial heart.
abstract: An Ottawa team is in a fierce race to produce an artificial heart. If it wins, the prize will be huge: a worldwide market worth billions of dollars. The team, led by Dr. Tofy Mussivand, brings together scientists and entrepreneurs. The goal is to produce a heart that improves patients' quality of life and doesn't leave them tethered to a machine in hospital. Current plans are to complete clinical tests by 2000 and to have a commercial product ready for market in 2001-2. Several other groups are also racing the clock.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D006354:Heart, Artificial / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D011474:Prosthesis Design