Next Generation Development of Hybrid Continuous Flow Pediatric Total Artificial Heart Technology: Design-Build-Test

• Published in: ASAIO journal (1992) Vol. 69; no. 12; p. 1090
• Main Authors: Hirschhorn, Matthew D, Lawley, Jonathan E M, Roof, Andrew J, Johnson, Arthur P T, Stoddard, William A, Stevens, Randy M, Rossano, Joseph, Arabia, Francisco, Tchantchaleishvili, Vakhtang, Massey, H Todd, Day, Steven W, Throckmorton, Amy L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Cattle; Child; Equipment Design; Heart Failure; Heart, Artificial; Heart-Assist Devices; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Prosthesis Design

To address the unmet clinical need for pediatric circulatory support, we are developing an operationally versatile, hybrid, continuous-flow, total artificial heart ("Dragon Heart"). This device integrates a magnetically levitated axial and centrifugal blood pump. Here, we utilized a valida...