Abiomed AB Portable ventricular assist system
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Firm gains PMA supplement approval for "quiet, lightweight, compact" portable console to drive its AB5000 Ventricle, a pneumatically driven bi-ventricular assist blood pump, the firm announces March 30. AB Portable, which delivers support equivalent to that of the firm's larger-sized AB5000 console, can be used to facilitate inter-facility patient transport, patient mobility for participation in physical and rehabilitation therapies, and independent patient ambulation, according to the company