Dr. Danny Bluestein Joins MicroMed Science Advisory Board
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - On Sept. 24, MicroMed Cardiovascular (www.micromedcv.com) announced that Danny Bluestein, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering at SUNY-Stony Brook, has joined the Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide industry expertise and guidance for the HeartAssist 5™ ventricular assist device, The Modern DeBakey VAD™.
“Dr. Bluestein is a leading-edge researcher in biofluids and the dynamics of blood flow in the cardiovascular system,” said Bill Birdsall, CEO of MicroMed. “He brings valuable expertise to the SAB in hemodynamics, flow induced cardiovascular pathologies and design optimization of cardiovascular prostheses, including ventricular assist devices.”
Dr. Bluestein (photo) is an established investigator for the American Heart Association and the Director of the Biofluids Laboratory at SUNY-Stony Brook. He is currently conducting research on the formation of thromboemboli in cardiovascular devices using innovative in vitro techniques and platelet assays, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) modeling and Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV).
Dr. Bluestein joins other world-renowned members of MicroMed’s SAB, including transplant surgeon George Noon, MD, co-inventor of the HeartAssist 5, Dr. Marvin Slepian, Director of Interventional Cardiology at the University of Arizona and Matthias Loebe, MD, PhD, professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.
The HeartAssist 5 pump (photo) weighs only 92 grams and measures just 2.8 x 1.2 inches. Because of its miniature size, it is one of the few LVADs that can be implanted above the diaphragm, adjacent to the heart. The HeartAssist 5 is the only LVAD with a precise, direct flow measurement system. Unlike other devices, blood flow for the HeartAssist 5 is a precise measurement and does not rely on estimates by software or the clinician.
For more information, please visit http://www.micromedcv.com.
In Europe, the HeartAssist 5™, the Modern DeBakey VAD™, has CE Marks for both adult and pediatric use. In the U.S., the HeartAssist 5, formerly DeBakey VAD® Child, is the only FDA-approved pediatric VAD. A bridge-to-transplant IDE clinical study is currently underway in the U.S. for adults.
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