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 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 ...

Ventricular assist devices ... pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload the native ...

“It’s very fulfilling for me as a physician to see patients do well but not only survive, but thrive on these devices.” UR Medicine began installing heart pumps in 2001.