Assessment of hydraulic performance and biocompatibility of a MagLev centrifugal pump system designed for pediatric cardiac or cardiopulmonary support.

Full Abstract

The treatment of children with life-threatening cardiac and cardiopulmonary failure is a large and underappreciated public health concern. We have previously shown that the CentriMag is a magnetically levitated centrifugal pump system, having the utility for treating adults and large children (1,500 utilized worldwide). We present here the PediVAS, a pump system whose design was modified from the CentriMag to meet the physiological requirements of young pediatric and neonatal patients. The PediVAS is comprised of a single-use centrifugal blood pump, reusable motor, and console, and is suitable for right ventricular assist device (RVAD), left ventricular assist device (LVAD), biventricular assist device (BVAD), or extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) applications. It is designed to operate without bearings, seals and valves, and without regions of blood stasis, friction, or wear. The PediVAS pump is compatible with the CentriMag hardware, although the priming volume was reduced from 31 to 14 ml, and the port size reduced from 3/8 to (1/4) in. For the expected range of pediatric flow (0.3-3.0 L/min), the PediVAS exhibited superior hydraulic efficiency compared with the CentriMag. The PediVAS was evaluated in 14 pediatric animals for up to 30 days, demonstrating acceptable hydraulic function and hemocompatibility. The current results substantiate the performance and biocompatibility of the PediVAS cardiac assist system and are likely to support initiation of a US clinical trial in the future.

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Author/s: Dasse, Kurt A (KA); Gellman, Barry (B); Kameneva, Marina V (MV); Woolley, Joshua R (JR); Johnson, Carl A (CA); Gempp, Thomas (T); Marks, John D (JD); Kent, Stella (S); Koert, Andrew (A); Richardson, J Scott (JS); Franklin, Steve (S); Snyder, Trevor A (TA); Wearden, Peter (P); Wagner, William R (WR); Gilbert, Richard J (RJ); Borovetz, Harvey S (HS);

Affiliation: Levitronix LLC, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

Grants: R44HL071376 (Agency:United States NHLBI)

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) (ASAIO J), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2007 Nov-Dec; vol 53 (issue 6) : pp 771-7

Dates: Created 2007/11/28; Completed 2008/01/07;

PMID: 18043164, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Associated Chemicals: Biocompatible Materials (0)

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