Three deaths and no serious injuries have been reported in connection with the Impella controller issue as of June 13. The issue affects detection during console transfer or case start; no visual ...
Certain Automated Impella Controllers (AICs), the main control interface for the Impella catheter (Abiomed/Johnson & Johnson MedTech), should not be used after another issue potentially affecting pump ...
DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart ...
Within the prior 24 months, I have had a financial relationship with a company producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients: Receive the the ...
When he was 25 years old, Thorsten Siess, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Aachen in Germany had an idea: What if there was a way to keep the heart pumping blood during surgery or ...
After demonstrating last year that its miniaturized heart pumps could improve survival shortly after a serious heart attack, Johnson & Johnson MedTech has now shown that the benefits from its Impella ...
According to the World Health Organization, diseases of the circulatory system, including heart disease such as heart attacks, are still among the most common causes of death worldwide. Recovering the ...