Title :
The Cleveland Clinic/Foster Miller MagScrew pulsatile blood pump program
Author :
Smith, William A. ; Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ; Weber, Stephan ; Harasaki, Hiroaki ; Doi, Kazuyoshi ; Schenk, Soren ; Vitale, Nicholas ; Hirschman, Gordon ; Donahue, Arthur
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Cleveland Clinic Found., OH, USA
Abstract :
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Foster Miller Technologies have been working to develop next generation pulsatile Total Artificial Hearts (TAH), and Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) based on a common technology base. Both of our designs use the "MagScrew" actuator technology and "biolized" pusher plate blood pump technology. The result is compact, rugged pumps of high performance and biocompatibility. The TAH is now undergoing its pre-clinical readiness program, while the VAD is completing engineering development.
Keywords :
artificial organs; haemodynamics; pulsatile flow; pumps; Cleveland Clinic/Foster Miller MagScrew pulsatile blood pump program; Total Artificial Heart; Ventricular Assist Device; biocompatibility; biolized pusher plate blood pump technology; blood pumps; common technology base; compact rugged pumps; heart disease; preclinical readiness program; Actuators; Artificial heart; Batteries; Blood; Bridges; Cardiac disease; Coils; Fasteners; Implants; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106537
