Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0884128
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Hybrid Sensor-based Physiological Control of an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump. With over 11 million people needing heart transplants worldwide and only 3000 donor hearts, an effective alternative therapy is needed. The Ventracor Ltd. rotary blood pump is one possible approach whereby a fully implantable mechanical device assists the failing heart. The innovative steps in this research proposal will be a means to robustly and safely control the speed of the pump to meet the metabolic needs of the body. Apart from the obvious health benefits for patients, this will provide the company with a huge market advantage that will also help to bolster the Australian medical device industry.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2009
End Date: 06-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $420,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Systems Theory And Control | Biomedical Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Cardiovascular system and diseases | Medical instrumentation |
