Tubular vacuum-powered blood-pumping device with active valves

Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 789-793

  Del Cañizo, Juan F ^a   Antoranz, J Carlos ^b   Duarte, Juan ^c   Desco, M Mar ^a   García Barreno, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Assisted circulation; Equipment design; Heart assist devices

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

ACTIVE VALVES; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; DISPOSABLES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; LOW-COSTS; STAGNATION REGIONS; TUBULAR SHAPES; TUBULARS;

PUMPS;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030055104     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb04541.x     Document Type: Article

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