The cool seal system: A practical solution to the shaft seal problem and heat related complications with implantable rotary blood pumps

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Yamazaki, Kenji ^a,b   Mori, Toshio ^c   Tomioka, Jun ^c   Litwak, Philip ^a   Antaki, James F ^a   Tagusari, Osamu ^a   Koyanagi, Hitoshi ^c   Griffith, Bartley P ^a   Kormos, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEMODYNAMICS; SEALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COOL SEAL SYSTEM; IMPLANTABLE ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; INTRAVENTRICULAR AXIAL FLOW PUMP; SHAFT SEAL;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BLOOD PUMP; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRICITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEMOLYSIS; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEALED CONTAINER;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CATTLE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEAT; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031238971     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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