Clinical use of Artificial Lung technology: current practice and dreams for the near future

Tom Verbelen

KU Leuven, Belgium

Simulation-based training with extracorporeal membrane oxygenator simulators – A training needs analysis

Frank R. Halfwerk^1,2, Wytze Duinmeijer¹, Marleen Groenier³, Jutta Arens¹

¹Engineering Organ Support Technologies group, University of Twente, The Netherlands; ²Dept. of cardio-thoracic surgery, Thorax Centrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, The Netherlands; ³Dept. of Technical Medicine, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Usability Considerations with Expanding ECLS End-Users: Shortcomings and Opportunities

Salim Esmail Olia¹, Kelsey Quinonez², Mary Frances Quinn²

¹University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; ²Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian, United States of America

PERSONALIZED 3D ANATOMICAL MODEL FOR PULMONARY SURGERY

Giulia Gamberini^1,2, Selene Tognarelli², Arianna Menciassi^1,2

¹Health Science Interdisciplinary Centre, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy; ²The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Conditioning of lungs from GGTA1-KO pigs applying ex vivo machine perfusion

Robert Ramm^1,2, Klaus Hoeffler^1,2, Nathalie Roters^1,2, Philipp Felgendreff³, Joerg Mengwasser³, Saleh Tavil¹, Akylbek Saipbaev^1,2, Wilfried Kues⁴, Patrick Zardo^1,2, Arjang Ruhparwar^1,2, Tobias Goecke^1,2

¹Hannover Medical School, Department for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover, Germany; ²Lower Saxony Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development , Hannover, Germany; ³Hannover Medical School, Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Hannover, Germany; ⁴Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Neustadt, Germany

STUDYING HEMODYNAMIC SUPPORT DURING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL: DO WE NEED THE MECHANICAL PUMP?

Michaela Orlitová¹, Dieter Van Beersel¹, Anna E Frick¹, Kristof Van de Voorde², Karlien Degezelle², Joachim Hellinck¹, Melanie Nolmans¹, Xin Jin³, Bart M Vanaudenaerde³, Robin Vos³, Dirk E Van Raemdonck³, Laurens J Ceulemans³, Piet Claus¹, Arne P Neyrinck¹, Tom Verbelen¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Department of Cardiac Surgery, division perfusion, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

EARLY CLOT DETECTION INSIDE AN OXYGENATOR VIA BIOIMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT

Jan Korte¹, Lasse J. Strudthoff², Alexander Theißen¹, Jannis Focke², Lisa Herzog³, Thomas Gries³, Rolf Rossaint¹, Christian Bleilevens¹, Tobias Lauwigi³, Patrick Winnersbach¹

¹Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen; ²Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, University Hospital RWTH Aachen; ³Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA), RWTH Aachen University