Tag: Impella BTR

World’s First Patient Implanted with Impella BTR Minimally Invasive Heart Pump

DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (Nasdaq: ABMD) announces the first patient in the world has been successfully implanted with Impella Bridge-to-Recovery (BTR) as part of the heart pump’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Early Feasibility Study (EFS). The first implant was done by Duc Thinh Pham, MD, and Jane Wilcox, MD, at […]