Blood Pump and Energy Convertor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1984
name: label: maker
content: Novacor Medical Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This blood pump/drive unit is the original version of the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist (LVAS). It is the world's first clinically implanted electromechanical Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). While some researchers worked on developing a total artificial heart as a bridge to transplant several groups of scientists and engineers worked on developing the smaller heart assist device. In select cases the LVAD can be used as a long term recovery solution (destination therapy) to chronic heart failure. Groups working on both the artificial heart and VAD's encountered many of the same problems, particularly material compatibility to avoid blood clotting. In 1998, the Novacor LVAS was given FDA approval as a bridge to transplant.
label: Description
content: A Ventricualr Assist Device (VAD) is a mechanical pump used to partially or completely replace a diseased human heart. Unlike a Total Artificial Heart, the patient’s human heart is left in place. The VAD assists the ventricles push blood through the body.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Berkeley
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Cardiology
label: Subject
content: Artificial Organs
label: Subject
content: Surgery
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Artificial Hearts
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Jassawalla, J. S.; Daniel, M.A.; Lee, J.; LaForge, Billich, J.; Ramasamy, N.; Miller, P.J.; Oyer, P. E.; Portner, P. M.. In vitro and in vivo testing of a totally implantable left ventricular assist system
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of World Heart Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0197.06
label: accession number
content: 2011.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0197.06
label: patent number
content: 4,167,046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blood pump and energy convertor
label: Object Name
content: cardiology
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 13 in; 6.6675 cm x 31.75 cm x 33.02 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 13.7 cm x 6 cm; 6 1/2 in x 5 13/32 in x 2 3/8 in