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. 2024 Nov 7;14(22):2480. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14222480

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Second-generation implantable left ventricular assist devices (continuous flow devices). (a) HeartMate II, the most widely used LVAD in the world. (b) Micromed DeBakey VAD, the first clinically applied flow pump in the world. (c) Jarvik 2000 an extremely small axial flow pump that reduce driveline infection by fixing the driveline at the posterior skull of the auricle. (d) EVAHEART, a centrifugal pump developed in Japan, rotates in a non-contact manner by circulating water around the rotating shaft improving the antithrombotic properties around the shaft. Adapted from “Review of Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices” by E. Tayama, K. Takagi, T. Shojima, H. Otsuka, T. Takaseya, & K. Arinaga, 2023, Kurume Medical Journal, 68(3.4), p. 175. CC BY-NC [7].