Development of a pulsatile blood pump.
A new type of pulsatile roller pump is described. The pressure and flow characteristics and the wave forms generated by the pump together with the hemolysis measurements for different pumping parameters are presented and a comparison with a standard roller pump is made.
D006355:Heart-Lung Machine / Q000009:adverse effects; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques