Abiomed
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Abiomed is a medical device company best known for its heart support and circulatory assist technologies, including the Impella family of heart pumps.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abiomed canonical | 1 |
| Abiomed Europe | 1 |
| Impella 2.5 | 1 |
| Impella 5.0 | 1 |
| Impella 5.5 | 1 |
| Impella BTR | 1 |
| Impella CP | 1 |
| Impella ECP | 1 |
| Impella LD | 1 |
| Impella RP | 1 |
| Impella family of heart pumps | 1 |
| Impella heart pump | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10214355 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abiomed Context triple: [Johnson & Johnson MedTech segment, brandIncludes, Abiomed]
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A.
Abbott Vascular
Abbott Vascular is a medical device division of Abbott Laboratories that specializes in cardiovascular products such as stents, catheters, and other vascular intervention technologies.
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B.
Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is a global medical technology company best known for its innovations in heart valves and critical care monitoring systems.
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C.
Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
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D.
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
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E.
Gambro
Gambro is a Swedish medical technology company best known for developing dialysis equipment and therapies for patients with kidney failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abiomed Target entity description: Abiomed is a medical device company best known for its heart support and circulatory assist technologies, including the Impella family of heart pumps.
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A.
Abbott Vascular
Abbott Vascular is a medical device division of Abbott Laboratories that specializes in cardiovascular products such as stents, catheters, and other vascular intervention technologies.
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B.
Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is a global medical technology company best known for its innovations in heart valves and critical care monitoring systems.
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C.
Medtronic
Medtronic is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing devices and therapies to treat a wide range of chronic diseases and conditions.
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D.
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a global medical technology company known for developing and manufacturing minimally invasive medical devices, particularly in cardiology and other interventional specialties.
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E.
Gambro
Gambro is a Swedish medical technology company best known for developing dialysis equipment and therapies for patients with kidney failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical device company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Johnson & Johnson ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2022 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2022 ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve survival in cardiogenic shock
ⓘ
provide hemodynamic support ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
cardiologists
ⓘ
cardiothoracic surgeons ⓘ hospitals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| develops |
Impella heart pump
ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
percutaneous ventricular assist devices ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
circulatory assist technologies
ⓘ
heart support technologies ⓘ |
| formerName | Applied Biomedical Corporation ⓘ |
| foundedBy | David M. Lederman ⓘ |
| hasOffice |
Aachen, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Aachen
Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to:
Tokyo
|
| hasSubsidiaryOrBrand |
Abiomed Europe
ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
|
| hasTechnology |
minimally invasive heart pumps
ⓘ
percutaneous catheter-based pumps ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Danvers, Massachusetts
|
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| industry |
cardiovascular devices
ⓘ
medical devices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Impella family of heart pumps
ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
|
| listedOn | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Johnson & Johnson
ⓘ
Johnson & Johnson MedTech ⓘ |
| products |
Impella 2.5
ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella 5.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella 5.5 ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella BTR ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella CP ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella ECP ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella LD ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
Impella RP ⓘ
linked to:
Abiomed
|
| regulatoryStatus |
CE-marked devices
ⓘ
FDA-approved devices ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
heart recovery
ⓘ
high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention support ⓘ |
| serves |
cardiac surgery market
ⓘ
cardiology market ⓘ critical care market ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
acute cardiac support
ⓘ
mechanical circulatory support ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | ABMD ⓘ |
| website | https://www.abiomed.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Abiomed Description of subject: Abiomed is a medical device company best known for its heart support and circulatory assist technologies, including the Impella family of heart pumps.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Abiomed