Electronics for the electrohydraulic total artificial heart

Author

Smith, K. ; Bearnson, G. ; Kim, H. ; Layton, R. ; Jarmin, R. ; Smith, J.

Author_Institution

Arficial Heart Res. Lab., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

3-6 Jun 1990

Firstpage

517

Lastpage

524

Abstract

The electronics and microcontroller software which comprise the electrohydraulic total artificial heart (EHTAH) are described. The power, communication, control and monitoring (PCCM) subsystem consists of an external controller (IBM PC), a transcutaneous transmission system (TTS), an internal electronic system, and energy converters (composed of motors and axial flow pumps). Software for the external controller is described in addition to the firmware for the internal controller microcontrollers

Keywords

artificial organs; biomedical electronics; cardiology; medical computing; microcontrollers; IBM PC; axial flow pumps; electrohydraulic total artificial heart; energy converters; firmware; internal controller; internal electronic system; microcontroller software; motors; transcutaneous transmission system; Artificial heart; Automatic control; Circuits; Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Electrohydraulics; Medical control systems; Pressure control; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1990., Proceedings of Third Annual IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9040-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMSYS.1990.109442

Filename

109442