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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
The compliance problem represents a major obstacle in the development of implantable blood pumps. The motor-driven pumps are enclosed in an airtight casing with gas in the motor space. The trapped gas in the motor space either increases the load on the motor during systole or impedes blood sac filling. Potential solutions to the compliance problem include the use of a conventional blood pump with a compliance chamber, a blood pump with an isolated blood sac and accumulator, or a volume-compensated blood pump. Most experimental studies designed to investigate this problem have been performed with compliance chambers. An ideal compliance chamber should accept 100 ml gas with less than a 15-mm Hg increase in pressure and should automatically compensate for changes in atmospheric pressure. To date, two designs have been shown to be effective in laboratory and animal studies: a collapsible rectangular sac design developed by our group, and a lenticular chamber developed by Nosé and associates. Compliance chambers of the former design have now been employed to provide the required compliance for motor-driven assist pumps in long-term calf studies.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0160-564X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
82-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
The compliance problem: a major obstacle in the development of implantable blood pumps.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't