Peer-Reviewed Study Shows Six Times Lower Blood Damage in Realheart® TAH Than Market-Leading Device in Vitro
Västerås, Sweden, September 16, 2026 – Scandinavian Real Heart AB (publ) announces today that a study sponsored by the company has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Scientific Reports, showing that the Realheart® TAH causes about six times less blood damage (hemolysis) than the only FDA-approved artificial heart device currently in wide clinical use. The study was carried out in a lab-based system mimicking full body circulation. Further, the study shows that the Realheart® TAH preserves a protein essential for blood coagulation and the prevention of internal bleeding.