Established to develop the first electro-hydraulic artificial heart (an advanced version of the JARVIK-7) which utilizes a single energy converter and unified ventricles that will fit in humans. Other implant projects included the urinary bladder, urethra, ureter and a sphincter. The center's scope of research includes: conceptualization, prototype development, fabrication, bench and implant testing and assessment.

• Engineering-miniature hydraulics, device design, design analysis, CNC machining capability, computer machining capability, device fabrication, polymers, plastics, metallics and QA/QC
• Electrical design & fabrication
• Integrated circuits & VLSl
• Device testing
• Animal experimentation-surgery, radiology, hematology, immunology, biochemistry, pathology, device retrieval analysis

Artificial Hearts and Biomedical Devices 87-88
Artificial Hearts and Biomedical Devices 88-89
Artificial Hearts and Biomedical Devices 89-90
Artificial Hearts and Biomedical Devices 90-91
Artificial Hearts and Biomedical Devices 91-92

Highlights

• Developed Rotary Blood Pump
• Involved in Pneumatic Heart Development

Spin Out Companies

• Medquest Products
• Medquest Manufacturing
• Utah Artificial Heart Center

Benefiting Companies

• St. Jude Medical
• CardioWest
• Symcardia

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