Abiomed Device Approved

Abiomed (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ABMD]]) has gained FDA approval for a new circulatory support device, the Danvers, MA-based company announced today. The device—a console that drives various balloons and pumps used in treating heart failure—is already approved in Europe.

Author: Rebecca Zacks

Rebecca is Xconomy's co-founder. She was previously the managing editor of Physician's First Watch, a daily e-newsletter from the publishers of New England Journal of Medicine. Before helping launch First Watch, she spent a decade covering innovation for Technology Review, Scientific American, and Discover Magazine's TV show. In 2005-2006 she was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University and a master's in science journalism from Boston University.