SGMC Health has successfully performed its first procedure using the Abiomed Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist, a minimally ...

Maui Memorial Medical Center has a secret weapon when it comes to providing critical care — the world’s smallest temporary ...

(Photo courtesy of Patrick Raycraft) They implanted an Impella device, a heart pump which helped maintain Raycraft’s heart function while he recovered, and they also put in a stent to relieve an ...

The play was the world’s smallest heart pump: the Impella. “I tell patients ... “We put in the device, and you can immediately see he starts to feel better. He starts to relax.

Abiomed is a medical device company headquartered in Danvers, Mass. Now part of Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech Segment, it develops and manufactures devices for circulatory support, including the Impella ...

Second Heart Assist said the study goes beyond Impella CP, with findings relative to all micro-axial pump designs. “These results suggest that the Whisper device could potentially offer a far ...

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 ...

Impella 5.5 and Impella CP are the first left-sided, minimally invasive temporary mechanical circulatory support options for pediatric patients with symptomatic ADHF and cardiogenic shock Skip to ...

Impella 5.5 and Impella CP enable heart recovery as part of the world's smallest heart pump platform. Johnson & Johnson MedTech ... The Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist System is a temporary ventricular ...

ECP is our expandable cardiac power device. That's our next-generation ... meaning one in every eight patients, they got an Impella heart pump versus standard of care, had a survival benefit.