Scientific and technological advances in blood pump developments have been driven by
their importance in cardiac patient treatments and in the expansion of life quality in assisted …

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers have applications in many fields
based on the measurement of Cartesian components of the gravitational acceleration vector …

An implantable centrifugal blood pump (ICBP) is being developed to be used as a
ventricular assist device (VAD) in patients with severe cardiovascular diseases. The ICBP …

The evolution of mechanical circulatory supports has been essential to improve life quality
for heart disease patients. The ventricular assist devices (VAD) developments, for example …

Objective. Laser-treated surfaces for ventricular assist devices. Impact Statement. This work
has scientific impact since it proposes a biofunctional surface created with laser processing …

Cyber security in Healthcare is a growing concern. Since it has been a proliferation of IoT
devices, data breaches from the healthcare industry are increasing the concern about how …

This paper presents a computational simulation and implementation of electromechanical
actuator performance of the Implantable Centrifugal Blood Pump (ICBP) as part of a speed …

Heart transplantation (HTx) continues to be the gold standard therapy for advanced heart
failure refractory to the conservative treatment. Nonetheless, HTx remains as a limited …

There are axial and radial electromagnetic forces between the stator and rotor of axial flux
disk motor besides the useful torque. The electromagnetic forces act on the rotor and are …

A new model of centrifugal blood pump for temporary ventricular assist devices has been
developed and evaluated. The design of the device is based on centrifugal pum** …