Investigation of materials for blood-immersed bearings in a microaxial blood pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Mahmood, A K ^a   Kerkhoffs, W ^a   Schumacher, O ^a   Reul, Helmut ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bearing; Ceramic; Microaxial; Polymer; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BLOOD; CERAMIC MATERIALS;

BEARING; BEARING SYSTEMS; CERAMIC; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL; METALLIC COMPONENT; MICROAXIAL; MICROAXIAL BLOOD PUMP; POLYMERIC COMPONENTS; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS;

PUMPS;

BIOMATERIAL; METAL; POLYMER; STEEL;

BLOOD PUMP; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CERAMICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037332012     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2003.07097.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Marseille O, Habib N, Reul H, Rau G. Implantable micropump system for augmented liver perfusion. Artif Organs 1998;22(6):458-60.
2. Havlik R, Kerkhoffs W, Jiao LR, Schumacher O, Reul H, Habib N. Intravascular micropump for augmented liver perfusion: first in vivo experience. Artif Organs 2001;25(5):392-4.
3. Havlik R, Jiao LR, Kral V, Habib N. Can mechanical augmentation of portal vein flow be an alternative treatment for portal hypertension and liver failure? Rozhl Chit 1999;78(9):461-4.
4. Jiao LR, Seifalian AM, Davidson BR, Habib N. In vivo evaluation of an implantable portal pump system for augmenting liver perfusion. Br J Surg 2000;87(8):1024-9.