A heart pump that keeps kids alive

Berlin Heart Inc. devised a ventricular assist device optimized for children who are waiting for heart transplants. The device is more sophisticated than just an adult version that has been scaled down. In this short video, Berlin clinical affairs specialist Joshua Woolley explains the pump operation and the use of a National Instruments data acquisition system that measures the output of the air compressors driving the pump pneumatics.

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