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Impella Connect
®
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
The Impella Connect system consists of two parts:
• A web-based user portal that allows authorized users to remotely view the screen of the Automated Impella
®
Controller (AIC).
• A small box (0042-4100) attached to the back and side of an Automated Impella
®
Controller (AIC),
as shown in Figure 1.
The box connects to the VGA output of the AIC and transmits the display of the AIC screen to a cloud based server.
The transmitted image can be viewed by authorized remote users, which may include hospital clinicians, Abiomed
local support staff and Abiomed Customer Support Center (CSC) team members. The Impella Connect only enables
passive viewing the AIC video screen. Changes to the controller settings can only be made using the physical
controls on the AIC. Impella Connect may be configured and connected to the hospital’s secured Wi-Fi network or
be plugged in directly via Ethernet cable to the secured hospital network in order to transmit the video image to a
web-based portal.
INTENDED USE
Impella Connect is intended to be used to enable remote viewing of the AIC’s user interface by clinicians and
by trained Abiomed personnel who assist clinicians with troubleshooting AIC alarms or other issues. Impella
Connect transfers the video stream from the AIC (via the VGA output) to a cloud-based remote viewing portal.
Communication between the AIC and Impella Connect is one-way (AIC to Impella Connect), and the streamed video
is limited to Impella device operating parameters and alarm messages with no patient identifiable information.
Impella Connect is powered directly by the AIC.
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Proprietary
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Released
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2019-05-02
