Artificial Placenta – where do we stand?

Mark Schoberer

University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

THE ARTIFICIAL PLACENTA: DEVELOPMENT OF A LUNG AND KIDNEY ASSIST DEVICE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PRETERM NEONATES

Danny J.M. van Galen¹, Niels Rochow², Ulrich Haag³, Christoph Fusch², Ana Martins Costa¹, Frank R. Halfwerk^1,4, Jutta Arens¹

¹Dept. of Biomechanical Engineering, Engineering Organ Support Technologies group, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands; ²Dept. of Neonatology, Klinikum Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; ³Getinge, Hechingen, Germany; ⁴Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thorax Centrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands

MEMBRANE SUPPORTED LIQUID-LIQUID OXYGENATION: A NOVEL APPROACH IN ECLS THERAPIES

Jan Heyer¹, Stepan Sibritsev², Paul Vogt¹, Andreas Jupke², Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Sebastian V. Jansen¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstr. 55, Aachen, 52074, Germany; ²Fluid Process Engineering, Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 51, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

Introduction of the novel concept of sizing fluid potting

Felix Hund¹, Jan Heyer¹, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Thomas Schmitz-Rode¹, Mark Schoberer², Sebastian V. Jansen¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University; ²Pediatric Clinic, Neonatology Section, RWTH Aachen University and University Hospital

DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRALUMINAL FLOW OXYGENATOR FOR A RAT CPB MODEL.

Shunsuke Uchiyama¹, Hirohito Sumikura¹, Yutaka Fujii², Akihiko Homma¹

¹Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Tokyo Denki University, Japan.; ²Department of Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Japan.

VOLUME ADJUSTABLE ARTIFICIAL WOMB FOR EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS

Jan Heyer¹, Franziska Schubert¹, Alexander L. Seitz¹, Yannik Steinle¹, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Jutta Arens², Thorsten Orlikowsky³, Thomas Schmitz-Rode¹, Sebastian V. Jansen¹, Mark Schoberer³

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; ²Engineering Organ Support Technologies Group, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands; ³Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Neonatology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

RODENT SIZED OXYGENATOR– IN VITRO AND IN VIVO APPLICATIONS OF THE “RATOX”

Lasse Strudthoff¹, Jannis Focke¹, Felix Hesselmann¹, Andreas Kaesler¹, Ana Martins Costa², Peter Schlanstein¹, Thomas Schmitz-Rode³, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Niklas Steuer¹, Bettina Wiegmann⁴, Jutta Arens², Sebastian V. Jansen¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University Twente, Netherlands; ³Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany; ⁴Department for Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hanover, Germany