Our previous pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that tilting the heart primarily alters the right heart hemodynamics, and that right heart support attenuates hemodynamic compromise in the animal model. A micro pump is positioned in the surgical field, and a remote motor and console outside the surgical field.
Blood is removed from the right atrium and returned to the main pulmonary artery.
No device-related patient incidents occurred, nor were there incidents of infection or air embolism. All seventeen patients were discharged home. Exposure to the posterior wall was possible in all cases without hemodynamic compromise.