Assist Devices - HeartMate I (II)
The image on the left is a wireframe view of the HeartMate I LVAS showing the innternal and external components of the device.
There is a housing where the electromagnet, rotator cams, pushe plate and polyurethane membrane are housed. The inflow canula, cages for the valvesand outflow conduit. The image on the right shows a rendering of the the samel components of the VE-LVAS.
The following page shows the components as they are assembled into a working LVAS