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Int J Artif Organs ; 30(4): 345-51, 2007 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17520573

ABSTRACT

The Aachen Total Artificial Heart (ACcor) has been under development at the Helmholtz Institute in Aachen over the last decade. It may serve as a bridge to transplant or as a long-term replacement of the natural heart. Based upon previous in vivo experiments with the ACcor total artificial heart, it was decided to optimize and redesign the pump unit. Smaller dimensions, passive filling and separability into three components were the three main design goals. The new design is called the MiniACcor, which is about 20% smaller than its predecessor, and weighs only 470 grams. Also its external driver/control unit was miniaturized and a new microcontroller was selected. To validate the design, it was extensively tested in laboratory mock loops. The MiniACcor was able to pump between 4.5 and 7 l/min at different pump rates against normal physiological pressures. Several requirements for the future compliance chamber and transcutaneous energy transmission (TET) system were also measured in the same mock loop. Further optimization and validation are being performed in cooperation with the Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine-Westphalia.


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Heart, Artificial , Prosthesis Design , Animals , Aorta/surgery , Biomedical Engineering/instrumentation , Cardiac Volume/physiology , Cattle , Heart Atria/surgery , Humans , Miniaturization , Polyurethanes/chemistry , Polyvinyl Chloride/chemistry , Pulmonary Artery/surgery , Stroke Volume/physiology
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