Picard Medical Celebrates Historic Milestone with Patient Living Over 8 Years on SynCardia Total Artificial Heart.

Picard Medical has celebrated a patient living over eight years with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart, the longest recorded timeframe in the world. The patient received the device on December 9, 2017, and has since lived 2,900 days with the artificial heart. Serbia has led the world in long-duration support with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart, with five of the longest-supported patients globally from a hospital in Belgrade. Picard Medical is developing the Emperor, a next-generation artificial heart system, to broaden access and provide greater flexibility for long-term support worldwide.