Abiomed has issued a warning about an issue with its Automated Impella Controller devices following a reported patient death. The issue stems from a manufacturing defect in certain units’ pump driver ...

Certain Automated Impella Controllers (AICs), the main control interface for the Impella catheter (Abiomed/Johnson & Johnson MedTech), should not be used after another issue potentially affecting pump ...

Abiomed, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, has identified an issue that may affect the detection of its Impella pumps when connected to their controllers, according to an alert put out by the US Food ...

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.