Development of totally implantable pulsatile biventricular assist device.
Approximately 10% to 15% of all patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have required right heart support with another device. The necessity of aggressive biventricular support has already been proposed. Therefore, the totally implantable biventricular assist device (BVAD) was developed. The width of the BVAD main body was 87 mm, the thickness 67 mm, and the height 106 mm, while the weight was 785 g. The automatic control algorithm was developed to prevent lung edema and atrial rupture.
Park
Chan Young
CY
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Korea.
Park
Jun Woo
JW
Lee
Jung Joo
JJ
Kim
Wook Eun
WE
Hwang
Chang Mo
CM
Om
Kyong-Sik
KS
Choi
Jaesoon
J
Kim
Jongwon
J
Shim
Eun Bo
EB
Jo
Young Ho
YH
Min
Byoung Goo
BG
D000465:Algorithms; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results