Conference Agenda

9:15am - 9:35am

Preclinical in-vivo testing of mechanical support systems

Bart Meyns

uzleuven, Belgium

9:35am - 9:45am

Mechanical circulatory support thrombosis modelling on-a-chip delineates material and hemodynamic effects

Tiffany Goh^1,2, Lingzi Gao¹, Jasneil Singh¹, Richard Totaro³, Ruaidhri Carey³, Kevin Yang³, Bruce Cartwright³, Mark Dennis³, Lining Arnold Ju², Anna Waterhouse¹

¹School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia; ²School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia; ³Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

9:45am - 9:55am

Hemodynamic Performance of Veno-Pulmonary ECMO in a Mock Circulatory Loop

Prashant Vishal Chand¹, Avishka Wickramarachchi¹, Andrew Stephens¹, Hakeem Yusuff^2,3, Vasileios Zochios^4,5, Chris Joyce⁶, Kiran Shekar⁷, Shaun Gregory^1,8

¹Cardio-Respiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia; ²Department of Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, UK; ³NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK; ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; ⁵University hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Glenfield Hospital ECMO Unit, Leicester, UK; ⁶Princess Alexandra Hospital, Australia; ⁷Prince Charles Hospital, Australia; ⁸Centre for Biomedical Technologies and School of Mechanical, Medical, and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

9:55am - 10:05am

In-vitro Thrombogenicity Testing for ECLS oxygenators – feasibility, reliability and reproducibility

Lasse J. Strudthoff¹, Pia Hefer¹, Michael Neidlin¹, Marlene Schadow¹, Thomas Schmitz-Rode¹, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Felix Hesselmann^1,2, Johanna C. Clauser^1,2

¹Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany; ²Equal contribution

10:05am - 10:15am

Novel dual-action coating for vascular grafts

Philippe Reymond¹, Daniela Lagrange¹, Jean-Pierre Giliberto¹, Rita Marchi¹, Olivier Felix², Michel Tschopp², Marie-Luce Piallat¹, Jean-Christoph Tille¹, Christoph Huber¹, Gero Decher², Pierre Fontana¹, Beat Hans Walpoth¹

¹University & University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; ²University of Strasbourg & C.N.R.S. Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France

10:15am - 10:25am

Stable PEG-based polymer brushes as anti-fouling layers for blood filtration

Larissa dos Santos Silva Araujo^1,2, Lionel Bureau^1,2

¹Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy), France; ²Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

10:25am - 10:35am

Electrospun Silk Scaffolds to Mimic Artificial Blood Vessels - Healthy and Obstructed

Thao Nhu Anne Marie Vuong¹, Sandra Spoa², Hien Anh Tran¹, Matthew Moore³, Ian Chin³, Timothy Mitchell³, Steven G. Wise³, Socrates Dokos¹, Michael Stevens¹, Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina¹

¹University of New South Wales, Australia; ²CODEX, Australia; ³University of Sydney, Australia