Christopher Scheib, Raymond Newswanger, Joshua Cysyk, Karl Bohnenberger, Branka Lukic, Lichong Xu, Eric Yeager, Kirby Bletcher, Patrick Leibich, Quandashia Jackson, Heidi Flory, Mindy Tillinger, William Weiss, Gerson Rosenberg, Choon-Sik Jhun
The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Child Pump, a centrifugal continuous-flow ventricular assist device (cf-VAD), is being developed as a suitable long-term implantable device for pediatric heart failure patients between 10 and 35 kg, body surface area (BSA) of 0.5-1.2 m2, 1-11 years of age, and requiring a mean cardiac output of 1.0-3.5 L/min. In-vitro hydraulic and hemodynamic performances were evaluated on a custom mock circulatory loop with ovine blood. Normalized index of hemolysis (NIH) was evaluated under four conditions: 1) 8,300 rpm, 3...
March 28, 2024: ASAIO Journal: a Peer-reviewed Journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs