title: High-pressure portable pneumatic drive unit.
abstract: The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) is a single-chamber assist pump, driven by a high-pressure pneumatic cylinder. A low-cost, portable driver that will allow cardiac care patients, with a high-pressure pneumatic ventricle assist, more freedom of movement has been developed. The compact and light-weight configuration can provide periods of 2 h of freedom from a fixed position driver and does not use exotic technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio 44325.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Hete
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batur
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Golding
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nosé
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans