The world's smallest heart pump helped save a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia patient's life. Now that it's been ...

For 5 weeks, the tiny Impella kept Katrina Penney's failed heart pumping while a second heart transplant was secured.

The Impella pumps are tiny devices used temporarily to help support a patient’s heart, such as during high-risk procedures or after a severe heart attack. If the pump is used incorrectly ...

Abiomed makes the bulk of its $1 billion-plus annual sales from its Impella range of heart pumps, which are billed as the smallest such devices available in the world and have enjoyed double-digit ...

The organs will come from genetically modified pigs in the hopes of helping the thousands of Americans waiting for transplants. Also in the news: the world's smallest heart pump, nanoplastics in the ...

It's a little device with a big job. "It does all the work for your heart," Katrina Penney, 21, said. "It did save my life, 100%." It is the Impella 5.5 – the world's smallest heart pump that ...