Heart support systems: from idea to clinical practice.
This paper describes the development of a pneumatic ventricular assist device by our group from the first steps to the clinical assay. The device, called BCM, has an input compliant cannula that improves the filling of the device. Results of the clinical assay showed that the BCM device was suitable for clinical use. New developments of our group are also mentioned.
del Cañizo Juan
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Laboratorio de Circulación Artificial Cirugía Experimental Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid (Spain). canizo@mce.hggm.es
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012756:Sheep