Blood Pump Product Design & Development

Medical Device Prototyping, Medical Device Product Design

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Nearly 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, with nearly 5 million Americans living with congestive heart failure. Development and implementation of new medical devices and technologies is essential not only to keep American medical centers at the forefront of innovative health care delivery, but also to reduce health care costs by earlier and more accurate diagnosis and more effective treatment of this disease. In response to this need, Foster-Miller and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation are developing a family of magnetically levitated blood pumping systems to meet the full range of patient needs.

These systems include pulsatile and rotary left ventricle assist devices (VADs), a total artificial heart (TAH), and an intravascular catheter pump for use as a cardiac-assist device or a permanently implantable, miniature RVAD. Innovation in electromagnetics distinguishes these efforts to develop new technology for blood pumps and includes both magnetic actuation (the MagScrew actuator) and magnetic suspension systems.

Return to Biomedical

Printable Version

Project Examples

Blood Pump Monitoring and Diagnostics
More >

Blood Pumps

Bone Marrow Harvesting Device
More >

Braided Biodegradable Fibers for Artificial Heart Valves
More >

Combat Casualty Care
More >

Microribbon Cables for Neuroprosthetic Devices
More >

Nanofibrous Membranes
More >

Neurotrophic Electrode Arrays
More >

Orthopaedic Bone Growth Device
More >

Packaging for Implantable Electronics
More >

Physiological Monitoring
More >

Pulsatile Pumps for Total Heart Replacement and Ventricular Assist
More >

Responsive Gels for Improved Patient Support
More >

Rotary Pumps for Permanent Assist, Cardiac Assist, and Minimally Invasive Surgery
More >

Tools for Minimally Invasive Surgery
More >

Wear and Forget Sensors for Health Monitoring
More >

See all related Project Examples for...
Research & Development

Literature on this subject

Foster-Miller, Inc. - QinetiQ North America | 350 Second Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451