Abiomed identified an issue where the AIC may fail to detect an Impella pump when connected. This pump detection issue can occur during console-to-console transfer or at the start of a case.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Abiomed division has another serious recall on its hands stemming from its line of miniaturized Impella heart pumps, following reports that the devices could pierce and cut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of ...

There are new and revised warnings about the instructions for use of a certain type of heart pump that could lead to a risk of heart perforation, according to an alert issued by the pump's ...

ATLANTA -- Routine use of the Impella CP microaxial flow pump significantly improved survival in patients with infarct-related cardiogenic shock, the randomized DanGer Shock trial showed. In more than ...

On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Abiomed said it is recalling its Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps because the pump catheter may perforate (cut) the wall of the left ventricle in the heart.

An international trial of the Impella heart pump in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and cardiogenic shock has been stopped by the sponsor Abiomed, Inc. The termination ...