title: AnyHeart: a single-piece heart-saving implantable artificial heart (BVAD)--monitoring and estimation.
abstract: AnyHeart is a single-piece, implantable biventricular assist device. This electromechanical BVAD has a moving-actuator mechanism. To monitor the status of AnyHeart from anywhere at any time, a portable personal digital assistant (PDA) monitor and web-based remote monitoring system were developed. The PDA local monitoring system has replaced bulky personal computer monitoring systems. The web-based remote monitoring system has several functions such as data collecting, storing, and posting through the internet. Basically, interventricular pressure (IVP) is a parameter indicating the filling level of the blood chambers of AnyHeart. The pump output can be estimated using IVP, which is acquired noninvasively from AnyHeart. With the proposed method, we can estimate the pump output with a small margin of error.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Program in Medical and Biological Engineering Major, Graduate School, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology