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Development and In Vivo Testing of a Chronic Percutaneous Prosthesis
Author(s) -
Daly Benedict D. T.,
Dasse Kurt A.
Publication year - 1983
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 - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1983.tb04226.x
Subject(s) - percutaneous , prosthesis , medicine , biomaterial , in vivo , prosthesis implantation , seal (emblem) , surgery , sinus (botany) , biomedical engineering , biology , art , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , visual arts , genus
Significant progress has been made in the development of a percutaneous energy transmission system (PETS) designed to provide energy to intracorporeally implanted blood pumps for up to 2 years. The mean survival of our six most recent PETS implantations was 351 ± 33 days. Four of these were explanted electively after a full year of implantation. Sinus formation around each prosthesis was limited by a biomaterial seal at the sinus termination point. The results support the hypothesis that collagen inhibits epidermal downgrowth. Continued development of systems based on this hypothesis is desirable.