TY - JOUR
T1 - Anatomical consideration for an implantable centrifugal biventricular assist system
AU - Takami, Yoshiyuki
AU - Nakazawa, Tadashi
AU - Otsuka, Goro
AU - Tayama, Eiki
AU - Ohashi, Yukio
AU - Sueoka, Akinori
AU - Schima, Heinrich
AU - Schmallegger, Helmut
AU - Wolner, Ernst
AU - Nosé, Yukihiko
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - A miniaturized pivot bearing-supported centrifugal blood pump (Gyro PI) has been developed as a long-term biventricular assist system (BiVAS). In this study we determined the anatomical configuration of this system using a bovine model. Under general anesthesia, a left lateral thoracotomy was performed to open the chest. Two Gyro PI-601 pumps for left and right assists were placed in the preperitoneal pocket by a subcostal abdominal incision. The left pump could be placed along the dome of the diaphragm just beneath the apex of the left ventricle. The right pump could be placed next to the left pump. The inlet and outlet ports of both pumps penetrated the diaphragm. The inlet port of the left pump, with a length of 55 mm, was inserted directly into the apex of the left ventricle. A woven Dacron graft (150 mm long, 11 mm inner diameter) was placed between the outlet port of the left pump and the descending aorta. As for the right pump, a 100 mm long and 120 degree angled inflow conduit was placed between the inlet port and the right ventricular infundibulum. The outlet port of the right pump was connected to the main trunk of the pulmonary artery using a 90 mm long, 11 mm inner diameter Dacron graft. We could perform biventricular assistance to confirm the anatomical feasibility of the Gyro implantable centrifugal BiVAS.
AB - A miniaturized pivot bearing-supported centrifugal blood pump (Gyro PI) has been developed as a long-term biventricular assist system (BiVAS). In this study we determined the anatomical configuration of this system using a bovine model. Under general anesthesia, a left lateral thoracotomy was performed to open the chest. Two Gyro PI-601 pumps for left and right assists were placed in the preperitoneal pocket by a subcostal abdominal incision. The left pump could be placed along the dome of the diaphragm just beneath the apex of the left ventricle. The right pump could be placed next to the left pump. The inlet and outlet ports of both pumps penetrated the diaphragm. The inlet port of the left pump, with a length of 55 mm, was inserted directly into the apex of the left ventricle. A woven Dacron graft (150 mm long, 11 mm inner diameter) was placed between the outlet port of the left pump and the descending aorta. As for the right pump, a 100 mm long and 120 degree angled inflow conduit was placed between the inlet port and the right ventricular infundibulum. The outlet port of the right pump was connected to the main trunk of the pulmonary artery using a 90 mm long, 11 mm inner diameter Dacron graft. We could perform biventricular assistance to confirm the anatomical feasibility of the Gyro implantable centrifugal BiVAS.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00455.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00455.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9335374
AN - SCOPUS:9844238694
VL - 21
SP - 1132
EP - 1136
JO - Artificial Organs
JF - Artificial Organs
SN - 0160-564X
IS - 10
ER -