Incorporation of electronics within a compact, fully implanted left ventricular assist device

Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 939-942

  Bourque, Kevin ^a   Gernes, David B ^a   Loree II, Howard M ^a   Richardson, J Scott ^a   Poirier, Victor L ^a   Barletta, Natale ^b   Fleischli, Andreas ^b   Foiera, Giampiero ^b   Gempp, Thomas M ^b   Schoeb, Reto ^b  

^a Thoratec Corp   (United States)

^b LEVITRONIX GMBH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centrifugal pump; Destination therapy; Left ventricular assist device; Long term support; Magnetic levitation; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ELECTRIC DRIVES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PUMPS;

BLOOD PUMP; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; DESTINATION THERAPY; LEVITATION CONTROL; LONG-TERM SUPPORT; MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL; POWERLOSS; PUMP SIZE; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; TOTAL POWER;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PUMP; ELECTRONICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 18744383025     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2002.07118.x     Document Type: Article

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