SLIDE FORUM 10 ARTIFICIAL HEART—NEW DEVICES: PDF OnlyTAENAKA YOSHIYUKI; TATSUMI, EISUKE; SAKAKI, MASAYUKI; SASAKI, EISAKU; MASUZAWA, TORU; NAKATANI, TAKESHI; AKAGI, HARUHIKO; GOTO, MASAHIRO; MATSUO, YOSHIAKI; INOUE, KAZUSHIGE; BABA, YUZO; KINOSHITA, MASAYUKI; TAKANO, HISATERUASAIO Transactions: July-September 1991 - p M243-M245 Free Abstract Use of a nonpulsatile pump is one of the most interesting approaches in the development of artificial hearts. A centrifugal pump without a seal around the rotating part was evaluated in five goats. The size of the pump is 8.4 cm χ 7.0 cm, including an electric motor. A polypropylene impeller with four fins on the top of a column in which a magnetic ring is embedded spins by coupling with a rotating magnet outside the housing. In the goats, the pump was placed paracorporeally to provide total left heart bypass at a flow rate of 4.6. ©1991 American Society of Artificial Internal Organs
