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Open AccessEffect of counter-pulsation control of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device on working load variations of the native heart
When using a pulsatile left ventricular assist device (LVAD), it is important to reduce the cardiac load variations of the native heart because severe cardiac load variations can induce ventricular arrhythmia....
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Computational analysis of the effect of the type of LVAD flow on coronary perfusion and ventricular afterload
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Computational analysis of the effect of the type of LVAD flow on coronary perfusion and ventricular afterload
We developed a computational model to investigate the hemodynamic effects of a pulsatile left ventricular assist device (LVAD) on the cardiovascular system. The model consisted of 16 compartments for the cardi...
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Durability improvement of polymer chamber of pulsatile extracorporeal life support system in terms of mechanical change
Twin Pulse Life Support, T-PLS™ has received the CE mark (2003) and Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) approval (2004) for short-term application as an Extracorporeal Life Support system (ECLS). T-PLS’s...
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Automatic Regulation of Output of an Electrohydraulic Left Ventricular Assist Device Using the Polymer Bellows Water Pressure and Motor Current
An electrohydraulically driven left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been developed in our laboratory. Over years of in vitro and in vivo testing, a “suction” problem has been pointed out as one of the maj...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Adaptive Cardiac Output Control for the Total Artificial Heart Using a Self-Tuning Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controller
The development of a control method for the totally implantable artificial heart (TAH) to regulate cardiac output according to the change in physiological demand was the goal of this study. The conventional pr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Further Development of the Moving-Actuator Type Total Artificial Heart
The electromechanical total artificial heart (TAH) developed at Seoul National University Hospital was verified as acceptable for human implantation through several successful animal experiments. In the last t...