Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist® Heart Pump

Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist® delivers full cardiac support with maximum unloading providing up to 5.5 L/min of forward flow, allowing the heart to rest and recover. It is a microaxial, surgically inserted heart pump that unloads the left ventricle, reduces ventricular work, and provides the circulatory support necessary to allow recovery and early assessment of residual myocardial function. It is designed for longer-duration support and enables ambulation to optimize recovery while using real-time SmartAssist intelligence.

The Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist is now simpler to insert and easier to set-up and allows to use familiar surgical skills for insertion via the axillary artery or anterior aorta. Position confidently with the improved aortic placement signal, which also enables repositioning without imaging in the ICU*. Sidearm, tubing, and catheter lock improvements facilitate patient management. The new design for heparin-free purge solution with sodium hydrogencarbonate ("bicarb") additive can simplify anticoagulation management in patients.

Optimized Patient Management Through Further Developed Pump Key Metrics

The enhanced pump metrics of the Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist facilitate the use of the heart pump and provide improved patient outcomes due to the cloud-based remote monitoring with Impella Connect® technology. Further developed pump metrics facilitate patient management. For example, they assist in pump positioning and in the weaning phase, thus helping to optimize native cardiac recovery and outcome.