Project Hridyantra – Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology

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Project Hridyantra

Research focus:

Research Focus: Project Hridyantra is targeted towards developing an advanced assist device of a human heart, capable of compensating for the loss of performance of a weakened left ventricle. This assist device, abbreviated LVAD, is an electro-mechanical pump with associated controls and magnetically levitated motor, implanted in the pericardial space, providing support to the patient suffering from an end-stage heart failure. The project involves detailed design and development of a novel impeller connected to a contactless motor, with surface characteristics that ensure improved blood compatibility and minimal damage.

Possible outcomes:

• The new design of the medical device will incorporate improved flow paths, reduced blood damage, longer life, lower noise and vibrations, minimal weight and volume, low cost.
• Sensors for and sensor-less magnetically levitated motor designs will be developed.
• Advanced mock circulation loop to replicate the human circulatory support system is being developed not only for LVAD but other devices needed for cardiovascular support.
• Surface engineering to improve the hemocompatibility of blood contacting surfaces will be enabled.
• Simulation tools for the creation of a family of implantable devices will be configured.

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