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Dynamic Augmentation of Left Ventricle and Mitral Valve Function With an Implantable Soft Robotic Device
Mossab Y Saeed1, David Van Story1, Christopher J Payne1,2,3
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
Left ventricular failure is strongly associated with secondary mitral valve regurgitation. Implantable soft robotic devices are an emerging technology that enables augmentation of a native function of a target tissue. We demonstrate the ability of a novel soft robotic ventricular assist device to dynamically augment left ventricular contraction, provide native pulsatile flow, simultaneously reshape the mitral valve apparatus, and eliminate the associated regurgitation in an Short-term large animal model of acute left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
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