Our guest this week is Andrea Sanchez, and she comes fresh with tales from the OR, and insights on the future of heart surgery!
School: McGill University
Program: Experimental Surgery, MSc.
Concentration: Surgical Innovation
Topics & Concepts
Emerging Heart Pump: Disruptive, Innovative Design & Geometry
Medical Devices: From Toothbrushes to Transplants
Heart Pump Configurations: Centrifugal or Axial (LVAD)
Traditional Heart Pump Side-Effects: Hemolysis, Thrombosis, and more
In-silico vs. In-vitro Experimentation
Blood Flow Simulation
Materials & Biocompatibility
Heart Volume Output & Exercise
Cardiac Conundrums
The Future of Heart Surgery
HEART PUMP PATENT: No. US9726195B2
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160279311A1/en
