Understanding Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Technology The IABP was first used in humans in the 1960s. It was the first type of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device, and is still used today.

IABP systems are typically inserted within the multidisciplinary environment that is the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The specific role of the physiologist during IABP insertion is to ...

The new tech uses surplus power from wind and photovoltaics to pump water from a reservoir into giant underground water balloons. According to AquaNamic, which is a Danish startup partnering on ...

such as the intra-aortic balloon pump. Now some 40 years since its first-in-man description, the situations and strategies in which to utilize its attractive physiological properties are still ...