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Autonomous Fontan pump: Computational feasibility study


A double-inlet, double-outlet rotary pump was designed to augment Fontan flow through the total cavopulmonary connection. Pump power is supplied by a systemic arterial shunt and radial turbine, with a closed-loop shunt return to the common atrium. Computational fluid dynamic analysis and lumped parameter modeling of pump impact on the Fontan circulation was performed.

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Mark D. Rodefeld (Indiana University)
Timothy Conover, Richard Figliola (Clemson University)
Mike Neary (Rotor Bearing Technology and Software Inc)
Guruprasad Giridharan (University of Louisville)
Artem Ivashchenko, Edward M. Bennett (Mechanical Solutions Inc)

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