Artificial Organs

University of Magdeburg Reports Research in Artificial Organs

Published in Blood Weekly, March 1st, 2012

2012 MAR 1 -- According to the authors of recent research from Magdeburg, Germany, "The objective of this study is to assess the effect of a purge flow on valves of pulsatile heart-assist devices. Clinical applications of these devices are still limited because of frequent thromboembolic complications."

"These complications often originate at the valves and the unavoidable flow separation regions that are found behind the leaflets. The flow separations cause a long residence time of blood that is considered particularly detrimental. To solve this problem, a valve with a purge flow is proposed. A purge flow is a jet, which is separated from the main blood...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-03-01)

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