Compact Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart Using Undulation Pump

Fully implantable VAD and TAH are eager to be developed as destination therapy for the severe heart failure patients who do not be candidate of heart transplantation. We have been developing fully implantable VAD and TAH using undulation pump(UP) under multi-institutional cooperative project supported by the Program for Promotion of Fundamental Studies in Health Sciences of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Device Agency(PMDA). The objective of this presentation is to introduce the present status of their development.