Development and clinical assay of the BCM ventricular assist device.
The development of a ventricular assist device is depicted. The seven subprograms that make up the project are described briefly. Results obtained during the clinical assay showed that the new design of the input cannula working as a false auricle provides better efficiency, as well as a certain level of autoregulation for the device.
del Cañizo
J F
JF
Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Antoranz
J C
JC
Desco
M M
MM
Alvarez-Valdivielso
J M
JM
Fernandez-Caleya
D
D
López
M
M
Garcia-Barreno
P
P
Duarte
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011140:Polyurethanes; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012756:Sheep; D013499:Surface Properties
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011140:Polyurethanes