Medical gear makers howl at push for tax Sep 25, 2009
For us, this would represent about 10 percent of our US employees salaries, said Michael R. Minogue, chief executive of Abiomed Inc., a Danvers maker of heart pumps. It has about 400 employees, including 200 in Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)
Ventricular support device helps heart patient Sep 17, 2009
"Getting off the list because they get better is pretty rare,'' said Dr. Cedric Sheffield, director of the Heart Lung Transplant program at Tampa General Hospital. In the past seven years, 179 patients were put on a ventricular support device like the one that saved Hathcock.Only three came off the device and recovered without getting a donor heart.It's a small number, but one that offers hope to the most critical patients, given the shortage of donor hearts, Sheffield said.Hathcock, who has... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Abiomed’s future is brighter, analyst says Sep 17, 2009
Abiomed s future is brighter, analyst says - The Boston Globe ... Abiomed s future is brighter, analyst says ... Abiomed s Impella system helps keep a patient s blood flowing during heart surgery. (Boston Globe)
Abiomed Says First AbioCor Heart Patient Has Died Sep 2, 2009
Abiomed says first patient implanted with heart replacement died after about 10 weeks ... Abiomed Inc. said Tuesday the first patient implanted with its AbioCor artificial heart outside a clinical trial died about 10 weeks after surgery ... Abiomed said the man's other health problems prevented him from fully recovering from the operation. (ABC News -- Wire)
Patient, 76, with self-contained artificial heart dies Sep 2, 2009
Case was first commercial use of Abiomed device. The AbioCor artificial heart is produced by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers ... Abiomed Inc. and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Brunswick, N.J., yesterday acknowledged the death of the 76-year-old patient, who was not identified to protect his privacy. (Boston Globe)
Abiomed employees make a charitable surprise Aug 30, 2009
COURTESY PHOTO From left, Genesis Peltre, Jhonel Roberts, Jay Gil and Saira Zapata, who all belong to the Boys and Girls Club of Salem, are given bikes put together by Abiomed employees, posing behind them at a recent corporate retreat for the Danvers-based company ... Employees of Abiomed Inc., who are used to surprising others with inventions at the Danvers-based cardiac support technology company, were surprised themselves on Wednesday evening, Aug. 5th, when a day of team-building led to... (Danvers Herald, MA)
Alkermes, Abiomed, UFP post losses Aug 7, 2009
Heart device maker Abiomed Inc., of Danvers, reported a smaller fiscal first-quarter loss of $7. 8 million, or 21 cents per share, compared with a loss of $9. (Boston Globe)
Artificial heart's use marks milestone Jun 25, 2009
Commercial implant is a first for Abiomed's self-contained device ... A self-contained artificial heart made by Abiomed Inc., a Danvers cardiac device company, has been successfully implanted in a patient at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., marking the first commercial implantation of the device ... It s a great milestone for the company, Michael R. Minogue, chief executive of Abiomed, said yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Abiomed narrows 4th-quarter loss May 13, 2009
DANVERS - Heart treatment products maker Abiomed Inc. said yesterday its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed on lower overall expenses ... Abiomed sales of its Impella 2 ... Shares of Abiomed closed at $6. (Boston Globe)
Tiny pump in mans heart provides second chance May 11, 2009
Ben Greene, whose blood stopped pumping properly in January, had a device known as an Abiomed Impella surgically inserted into his heart ... Doctors like Smolin say the Abiomed Impella – manufactured by Massachusetts-based Abiomed, Inc. – works best for two types of patients: Those who are desperately ill with heart problems and those whose hearts are two weak for traditional interventional therapies. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
ABIOMED of Danvers rallies against cancer Mar 25, 2009
ABIOMED in Danvers is joining the Rally Against Cancer to support the Jimmy Fund and the Boston Red Sox. Plus, employees are trying to win a school visit from Sox pitcher Jon Lester. (Danvers Herald, MA)
