Methods of design, simulation, and control for the development of new VAD/TAH concepts.
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death worldwide. If medical treatments fail to restore adequate blood flow in a patient, mechanical support is needed. To date, many different types of blood pumps have been developed, but only few are clinically available. This review article describes the challenges involved in this field of research and gives an overview of the development process. Past developments as well as current and new technologies and approaches applied are summarized. Finally, a perspective for improved devices is discussed.
Finocchiaro
Thomas
T
Department of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany. finocchiaro@hia.rwth-aachen.de
Heinke
Stefanie
S
Behbahani
Mehdi
M
Lessmann
Marc
M
Laumen
Marco
M
Steinseifer
Ulrich
U
Schmitz-Rode
Thomas
T
Leonhardt
Steffen
S
Behr
Marek
M
Hameyer
Kay
K
D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005246:Feedback; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity