Arrow AutoCat 2 Wave Balloon Pump

Designed to meet the needs of the busy clinician, AutoPilot mode of operation adjusts its timing and triggering parameters to optimize counterpulsation support to patients under a wide range of conditions, from predictably stable to the unpredictably unstable, ALL WITHOUT USER INTERVENTION. It's more than a sophisticated new pump designed for hands-off operation. It's a whole new category, the first and only IAB system that uses fiber-optic technology and a physiology-based timing algorithm, WAVE, to deliver beat-specific support.

During arrhythmias, automatic R-wave deflation, coupled with Aortic Flow Timing, delivers the first truly Closed-Loop IABP timing system.

Clinical evaluation of the WAVE timing algorithm verifies Aortic Flow Timing by matching inflation with aortic valve closure, thus improving patient support by virtually eliminating Intra-Aortic Balloon inflation timing errors in most instances.

Early inflation of the IAB within the cardiac cycle has been shown to severely compromise left ventricular function. When used with the FiberOptix IAB catheter, the AutoCAT 2 WAVE system calculates patient Aortic Flow on a beat-to-beat basis, instantaneously determining the aortic valve closure point FOR THAT BEAT. Aortic Flow timing sets inflation BEAT TO BEAT automatically, matching inflation of the balloon to within 12 msec of the time of aortic valve closure even with severe arrhythmias.