AbioMed AB5000
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Circulatory support system formal launch commences at American Academy for Thoracic Surgery annual meeting in Toronto April 26. Abiomed previously offered only the system's console, which gives patients more mobility and is priced at a premium to its BVS5000 biventricular support system (1"The Gray Sheet" April 19, 2004, p. 23). The firm says it "will continue to sell BVS5000 blood pumps for use by those patients who are expected to recover heart function after a few days of bedside support" and expects it "to remain an important revenue source"...