Jarvik 2000 pump technology and miniaturization

Blood-pump miniaturization has made amazing progress, reducing the pump diameter to one-tenth of the size of previous positive displacement pumps. In particular, axial-flow-pump technology allows tiny pumps running at high speeds to deliver from 2 to 10 L/min. A review of the background inventions o...

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Published inHeart failure clinics Vol. 10; no. 1 Suppl; p. S27
Main Author Jarvik, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2014
Subjects
Equipment Design
Heart-Assist Devices
Humans
Miniaturization - methods
Jarvik 2000
Miniaturization
Technology
Blood pump
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Summary:Blood-pump miniaturization has made amazing progress, reducing the pump diameter to one-tenth of the size of previous positive displacement pumps. In particular, axial-flow-pump technology allows tiny pumps running at high speeds to deliver from 2 to 10 L/min. A review of the background inventions of the Jarvik 2000 technology is presented, together with the reason that making pumps smaller than demanded by the particular application for which they are designed is counterproductive. Pump miniaturization is nearing its practical limit. The optimization of performance and patient outcomes should remain our primary design goal.
ISSN:1551-7136
DOI:10.1016/j.hfc.2013.09.002