Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455577

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0455577

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Noval design of a Bi-Ventricular Assist Device (BVAD) Centrifugal Heart Pump as an Implantable Total Artificial Heart. In Australia, 40%(50,797) of all deaths each year are related to heart disease and accounted for 12% (A$4Billion) of total recurrent health expenditure. This innovative research aims at developing a single biventricular assist device (BVAD) driven by a magnetically suspended double-sided centrifugal pump impeller. Current techniques require two implantable devices, thus preventing smaller patients from access to BVAD technology. The expected outcomes will be a significantly small and compact device and provide an alternative to open-heart transplantation, thus helping to alleviate the demand on donor hearts, as well as the strain on the Australian Heath Care System caused by cardiovascular disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-04-2005

End Date: 30-06-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $70,668.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Engineering | Biomechanical Engineering | Engineering/Technology Instrumentation | Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cardiovascular system and diseases | Medical instrumentation | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Biomechanical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Cardiology (Incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) | Cardiovascular system and diseases | Engineering/Technology Instrumentation | Machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified | Medical instrumentation

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