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Development of Totally Implantable Pulsatile Biventricular Assist Device
Author(s) -
Park Chan Young,
Park Jun Woo,
Lee Jung Joo,
Kim Wook Eun,
Hwang Chang Mo,
Om KyongSik,
Choi Jaesoon,
Kim Jongwon,
Shim Eun Bo,
Jo Young Ho,
Min Byoung Goo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.07177.x
Subject(s) - pulsatile flow , medicine , cardiology , heart failure , right heart , biomedical engineering , ventricular 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.