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ABIOMED is a provider of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, and it provides a continuum of care to heart failure patients. Co.'s products include: Impella 2.5®, which is a percutaneous micro heart pump with an integrated motor and sensors; which is primarily used by either interventional cardiologists to support patients in the cath lab or by cardiac surgeons in the heart surgery suite; Impella 5.0 and Impella LD, which are percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use primarily in the heart surgery suite; and Impella RP, which is a percutaneous catheter-based axial flow pump that is designed to allow more than four liters of flow per minute.

When researching a stock like ABIOMED, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from ABMD Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for ABMD stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the ABMD 200 day moving average ("ABMD 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the ABMD 50 day moving average ("ABMD 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for ABIOMED. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the ABMD 200 DMA and the ABMD 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("ABMD MACD"). The ABMD MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart).