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Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device
Despite evidence associating the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices with increased survival and quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure (HF), significant complications and high costs limit their clinical use. We aimed to design an innovative MCS device to address thr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35621479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9050201 |
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author | Pleșoianu, Florin Alexandru Pleșoianu, Carmen Elena Bararu Bojan, Iris Bojan, Andrei Țăruș, Andrei Tinică, Grigore |
author_facet | Pleșoianu, Florin Alexandru Pleșoianu, Carmen Elena Bararu Bojan, Iris Bojan, Andrei Țăruș, Andrei Tinică, Grigore |
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description | Despite evidence associating the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices with increased survival and quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure (HF), significant complications and high costs limit their clinical use. We aimed to design an innovative MCS device to address three important needs: low cost, minimally invasive implantation techniques, and low risk of infection. We used mathematical modeling to calculate the pump characteristics to deliver variable flows at different pump diameters, turbomachinery design software CFturbo (2020 R2.4 CFturbo GmbH, Dresden, Germany) to create the conceptual design of the pump, computational fluid dynamics analysis with Solidworks Flow Simulation to in silico test pump performance, Solidworks (Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA) to further refine the design, 3D printing with polycarbonate filament for the initial prototype, and a stereolithography printer (Form 2, Formlabs, Somerville, MA, USA) for the second variant materialization. We present the concept, design, and early prototyping of a low-cost, minimally invasive, fully implantable in a subcutaneous pocket MCS device for long-term use and partial support in patients with advanced HF which unloads the left heart into the arterial system containing a rim-driven, hubless axial-flow pump and the wireless transmission of energy. We describe a low-cost, fully implantable, low-invasive, wireless power transmission left ventricular assist device that has the potential to address patients with advanced HF with higher impact, especially in developing countries. In vitro testing will provide input for further optimization of the device before proceeding to a completely functional prototype that can be implanted in animals. |
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spelling | pubmed-91378252022-05-28 Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device Pleșoianu, Florin Alexandru Pleșoianu, Carmen Elena Bararu Bojan, Iris Bojan, Andrei Țăruș, Andrei Tinică, Grigore Bioengineering (Basel) Article Despite evidence associating the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices with increased survival and quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure (HF), significant complications and high costs limit their clinical use. We aimed to design an innovative MCS device to address three important needs: low cost, minimally invasive implantation techniques, and low risk of infection. We used mathematical modeling to calculate the pump characteristics to deliver variable flows at different pump diameters, turbomachinery design software CFturbo (2020 R2.4 CFturbo GmbH, Dresden, Germany) to create the conceptual design of the pump, computational fluid dynamics analysis with Solidworks Flow Simulation to in silico test pump performance, Solidworks (Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA) to further refine the design, 3D printing with polycarbonate filament for the initial prototype, and a stereolithography printer (Form 2, Formlabs, Somerville, MA, USA) for the second variant materialization. We present the concept, design, and early prototyping of a low-cost, minimally invasive, fully implantable in a subcutaneous pocket MCS device for long-term use and partial support in patients with advanced HF which unloads the left heart into the arterial system containing a rim-driven, hubless axial-flow pump and the wireless transmission of energy. We describe a low-cost, fully implantable, low-invasive, wireless power transmission left ventricular assist device that has the potential to address patients with advanced HF with higher impact, especially in developing countries. In vitro testing will provide input for further optimization of the device before proceeding to a completely functional prototype that can be implanted in animals. MDPI 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9137825/ /pubmed/35621479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9050201 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pleșoianu, Florin Alexandru Pleșoianu, Carmen Elena Bararu Bojan, Iris Bojan, Andrei Țăruș, Andrei Tinică, Grigore Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title | Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title_full | Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title_fullStr | Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title_full_unstemmed | Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title_short | Concept, Design, and Early Prototyping of a Low-Cost, Minimally Invasive, Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device |
title_sort | concept, design, and early prototyping of a low-cost, minimally invasive, fully implantable left ventricular assist device |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35621479 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9050201 |
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