Bioinspired soft robotics allow for safer clinical interactions with human patients but
conventional, hard robots, which are often built with rigid materials and complex control …

Heart failure is a major health risk, and with limited availability of donor organs, there is an
increasing need for developing cardiac assist devices (CADs). Mock circulatory loops (MCL) …

Abstract Introduction Mock circulatory loops (MCLs) are mechanical representations of the
cardiovascular system largely used to test the hemodynamic performance of cardiovascular …

This paper provides an overview of robotics in medical science. After discussing the basic
medical robot's idea, the future of medical robotics and the types of medical application are …

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been developed to support end-stage heart failure
patients. Initial devices were based on volume displacement pump (VDP) technology, which …

Due to the high treatment costs associated with durable ventricular assist devices, an intra-
ventricular balloon pump (IVBP) was developed to provide low-cost, short-term support for …

Abstract In this Editor's Review, articles published in 2019 are organized by category and
summarized. These provide a brief reflection of the research and progress in artificial organs …

In this proof of principle study, we investigated the effectiveness and safety of hemodynamic
support with the Intra‐Ventricular Membrane Pump (IVMP). The IVMP was implanted into the …

Background: We recently demonstrated that a novel intra-ventricular membrane pump
(IVMP) was able to increase the pump function of isolated beating porcine hearts. In follow …

Al giorno d'oggi esiste la necessità, sempre maggiore, di potenziare dispositivi di assistenza
cardiaca (Cardiac Assist Devices, CAD) per i pazienti con gravi insufficienze cardiache a …