In clinical practice ventricular assist devices are generally applied with a constant rotary
speed. The lack of adaptivity to changes in hemodynamic conditions might result in …

Purpose Due to the importance of public health and economics, cardiovascular disease has
become one of the most important debates and challenges for scientists. However, few …

During the development process of active or passive cardiovascular implants, such as
ventricular assist devices or vascular grafts, extensive in-vitro testing is required. The aim of …

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are emerging innovations that provide a feasible
alternative treatment for heart failure (HF) patients to enhance their quality of life. In this …

Continuous flow ventricular assist devices (cfVADs) constitute a viable and increasingly
used therapy for end-stage heart failure patients. However, they are still operating at a fixed …

Continuous measurement of vascular and hemodynamic parameters could improve
monitoring of disease progression and enable timely clinical decision making and therapy …

In this work, a novel, genetic algorithm-based optimization framework (GAOF) has been
developed and evaluated to optimize the control parameters of ventricular assist devices …

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have been used as a bridge to transplantation or as
destination therapy to treat patients with heart failure (HF). The inability of control strategy to …

Introduction: This review explores the Starling-like physiological control method (SLC) for
rotary ventricular assist devices (VADs) for severe heart failure. The SLC, based on …

A novel control method for rotary blood pumps is proposed relying on two different
objectives: regulation of pump flow in accordance with desired value and the maintenance …