Noninvasive monitoring of rotary blood pumps: necessity, possibilities, and limitations |
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Authors: | Schima H Trubel W Moritz A Wieselthaler G Stöhr H G Thoma H Losert U Wolner E |
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Affiliation: | 2nd Department of Surgery, University of Vienna, Austria. |
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Abstract: | Although rotary blood pumps do not contain an inherent mechanism for adaptation to physiological flow necessities, hitherto only a few efforts have been made to obtain robust monitoring and control methods. This paper discusses the necessity of noninvasive monitoring of such pumps and the crucial points of sensor selection and development. A strategy of monitoring atrial pressure out of the data obtained by the collapse of the atrial wall around the inflow cannula and initial results on animal tests and computer simulation of this method are discussed. This approach might lead to reliable and demand-responsive controllers, if some basic criteria are fulfilled. |
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Keywords: | Cardiac assist device Centrifugal pump Noninvasive monitoring Sensor Signal analysis |
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