New Technology Mimics Physiologic Pulsatile Flow During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Artificial Organs
Gengo SunagawaKiyotaka Fukamachi

Abstract

The VentriFlo True Pulse Pump (Design Mentor, Inc., Pelham, NH, USA) is the first blood pump designed to mimic human arterial waveforms in a standard oxygenation circuit. Our aim was to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of this pump in preparation for future studies to determine possible clinical advantages. We studied four piglets (41.4-46.2 kg): three with an implanted VentriFlo pulsatile pump and one with the nonpulsatile ROTAFLOW pump (MAQUET Holding B.V. & Co. KG, Rastatt, Germany) as a control. Hemodynamics was monitored during 6-h cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) support and for 2 h after weaning off CPB. The VentriFlo demonstrated physiologic arterial waveforms with arterial pulse pressure of 24.6 ± 5.7 mm Hg. Pump flows (2.0 ± 0.1 L/min in ROTAFLOW; 1.9 ± 0.1 L/min in VentriFlo) and plasma free hemoglobin levels (27.9 ± 12.5 mg/dL in ROTAFLOW; 28.5 ± 14.2 mg/dL in VentriFlo) were also comparable, but systemic O2 extraction (as measured by arterial minus venous O2 saturation) registered slightly higher with the VentriFlo (63.2 ± 6.9%) than the ROTAFLOW (55.4 ± 6.5%). Histological findings showed no evidence of ischemic changes or thromboembolism. This pilot study demonstrated that the VentriFlo system generated pulsati...Continue Reading

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Nov 6, 2018·Artificial Organs·Phillip M TrustyShriprasad R Deshpande
Jan 27, 2019·Artificial Organs·Paul S Malchesky
Mar 23, 2019·Artificial Organs·Takuma MiyamotoKiyotaka Fukamachi
Sep 29, 2019·Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation·A NiesB Hiebl

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