Impella
Abiomed, Inc. · Model 0048-0003
A sterile tubular device with a built-in electrically-powered axial flow pump (e.g., a micro motor with an impeller) at the distal end, designed to provide circulatory assistance to the heart by pumping blood during heart failure. It is inserted through the lumen of the aorta and into the left ventricle, surgically or percutaneously via an artery, and connected to an external control unit; it moves blood from the left ventricle to the aorta across the aortic valve. It is typically used emergently post acute myocardial infarction (AMI), electively for high-risk cardiac catheterization, for open chest surgery, and during transport between hospitals. This is a single-use device.
Key tips
- ·When no category-specific guidance fits, default to the manufacturer's own service manual and the general troubleshooting method in the Engineer's Guide.
- ·Run an incoming and annual electrical safety test regardless of how niche the device is.
PM Checklist
Preventive-maintenance tasks typical of this equipment class. Perform to the manufacturer's procedure and your facility's policy - this is general reference, not a schedule for this specific unit.
- ·Follow the manufacturer's PM schedule
- ·Perform incoming and annual electrical safety testing per facility biomedical program
Technical Specs
- MRI safety
- Labeling does not contain MRI Safety Information
- Sterile
- Yes
- Single use
- Yes
- Prescription use
- Rx only
- FDA distribution status
- In Commercial Distribution
- Device type (GMDN)
- Intracardiac circulatory assist axial-pump catheter
- FDA product classification
- Temporary Non-Roller Type Left Heart Support Blood Pump
- Manufacturer support
- 978.777.5410 · wbolt@abiomed.com
Typical Location
Where this class of equipment is typically deployed - general reference, not this unit's own placement record.
- Varies by device - check the unit's own manual for facility placement guidance
Documents & Manuals
No documents available for this device yet.
Safety & Recalls
Synced live from the FDA openFDA API.
- RECALL
This one pump shipped with incorrect pump programming, the initial production working version of the program. The pump would have immediately run at P9 for all selected P-levels, rather than a 10 second ramp up period. The pump may have migrated out of position and possibly caused injury. The positioning and suction alarms were also disabled.
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