Ellen Roche, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Soft Soft Robot Sleeve" that Moves Like a Muscle Aids the Heart without Touching Blood
Professor in the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
While conventional artificial hearts (such as VADs) are in direct contact with blood and are prone to blood clots, the sleeve developed by Roche does not touch the blood but assists by mimicking muscle movement from outside the heart,We have achieved a dramatic reduction in the risk of blood clots.
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