HC Deb 07 February 1994 vol 237 c46W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which companies manufacture(a) pacemakers and (b) artificial heart valves currently in use in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Sackville

According to information held by the national pacemaker database, pacemaker manufacturers with products currently in use in the United Kingdom are: Biotec; Biotronik GmbH & Co; Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.; ELA Medical; Intermedics Inc.; Medico Italia SRL; Medtronic Inc.; Osypka; Siemens; Sorin Biomedica SPA; Telectronics Inc.; Vitatron Medical BV.

According to information held by the United Kingdom heart valve registry, the following companies currently supply heart valves to the United Kingdom:

  • Aortech Ltd.
  • ATS Medical Ltd.
  • Baxter Healthcare
  • Carbomedics Inc.
  • Manley Western Ltd.
  • Medtronic Inc.
  • Cambridge Biomedical Ltd.
  • Sorin Biomedica
  • St. Jude Medical
  • Tissuemed Ltd.

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