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Exactly. This is the cause of the phenomenon known as "pump head" that anesthesiologists refer to when patients are on long periods of support on heart lung by
by iancmceachern 5y ago
Exactly. This is the cause of the phenomenon known as "pump head" that anesthesiologists refer to when patients are on long periods of support on heart lung bypass machines. These machines are peristaltic pumps with a continuous flow. Check out Ventriflo, a new type of pump intended for use in this area that has a biomimetic flow and pressure profile. Www.ventriflo.com
- jnurmine 5y agoThere's also Scandinavian Real Heart (https://realheart.se https://realheart.se) from Sweden. They are developing a "total artificial heart" with two chambers and two pumps for a natural blood flow (and pulse). Longterm animal tests are expected to commence after this summer.
- henearkr 5y agoThis competition is good. Will push prices down a little bit.