Form 8-K

0001193125-12-389356.txt : 20120912 0001193125-12-389356.hdr.sgml : 20120912 20120912160838 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-389356 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120910 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20120912 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120912 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ABIOMED INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000815094 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 042743260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09585 FILM NUMBER: 121087930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 CHERRY HILL DR CITY: DANVERS STATE: MA ZIP: 01923 BUSINESS PHONE: 9787775410 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22 CHERRY HILL DRIVE CITY: DANVERS STATE: MA ZIP: 01923 8-K 1 d411264d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 10, 2012

ABIOMED, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-09585

04-2743260

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

22 Cherry Hill Drive

Danvers, MA 01923

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(978) 646-1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below).

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On September 10, 2012, we announced that the Impella CP has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Impella CP provides peak flows of approximately four liters of blood per minute and is indicated for up to six hours of partial circulatory support using an extracorporeal bypass control unit. It is also intended to be used to provide partial circulatory support, for up to six hours, during procedures not requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.

The Impella CP (previously marketed outside of the US as Impella cVAD) received CE Marking approval to market the device in the European Union in April 2012.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


ABIOMED, Inc.

By:		/s/ Robert L. Bowen
		Robert L. Bowen
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 12, 2012