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Research ArticleMEDICAL ROBOTS
Soft robotic ventricular assist device with septal bracing for therapy of heart failure
- View ORCID ProfileChristopher J. Payne1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileIsaac Wamala3,4,
- View ORCID ProfileDaniel Bautista-Salinas3,
- View ORCID ProfileMossab Saeed3,
- View ORCID ProfileDavid Van Story1,2,3,
- View ORCID ProfileThomas Thalhofer1,2,5,
- View ORCID ProfileMarkus A. Horvath1,2,6,
- Colette Abah1,2,
- View ORCID ProfilePedro J. del Nido3,
- View ORCID ProfileConor J. Walsh1,2,* and
- View ORCID ProfileNikolay V. Vasilyev3,*
- 1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
- 2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
- 3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
- 4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- 5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
- 6Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: nikolay.vasilyev{at}childrens.harvard.edu (N.V.V.); walsh{at}seas.harvard.edu (C.J.W.)
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Science Robotics 22 Nov 2017:
Vol. 2, Issue 12, eaan6736
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan6736
Vol. 2, Issue 12, eaan6736
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan6736
Christopher J. Payne
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Isaac Wamala
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Daniel Bautista-Salinas
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mossab Saeed
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David Van Story
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Thomas Thalhofer
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Markus A. Horvath
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
6Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Colette Abah
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Pedro J. del Nido
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Conor J. Walsh
1Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, 3 Blackfan Circle, Longwood, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
2Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Nikolay V. Vasilyev
3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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