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Laboratory for Innovation & Optimization of Artificial
Organs (and Other Medical Devices) |
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James Antaki, PhD
Personal Interests Automotive Antique Radio and Medical Devices Courses |
Research Interests [UNDER CONSTRUCTION] · Artificial Organ Development · Computational Design Optimization · Flow Visualization · Computer Simulation of Blood Flow · Hemorheology and Blood Trauma · Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices · Feedback Control of Artificial Internal Organs · Cardiac Dynamics & Ventricular Recovery · Automated Medication Delivery · Artificial Muscle · Robotic Scrub Nurse Industrial Collaborators Academic Collaborations · University of Pittsburgh Dept of Bioengineering |
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PUBLICATIONS Design of Artificial Organs ·
Computational Flow
Optimization of Artificial Heart Components ·
Design News: Maglev
Heart-Assist Pump ·
Gait Power (Shoe-powered
battery charger.) Hemorheology and Blood Damage
Modeling ·
Effects
of turbulent stresses on mechanical hemolysis ·
A
mathematical model for shear-induced hemolysis. Hemodynamic Control of
Ventricular Assist Devices ·
Induction
of ventricular collapse by an axial flow blood pump. ·
Minimally-Invasive
Estimation of Cardiac Function “Other” ·
Physics
and Physiology of the Harmonica ·
Fiduciary Markers for MRI Imaging |
PATENTS Artificial Organs ·
Streamliner Maglev Axial Flow
Ventricular Assist Device Harmonica ·
Electric Harmonica –
TurboHarp/ELX ·
Acoustic
Harmonica – TurboHarp/AX Other ·
Laparoscopic
Brachytherapy Device |
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PRESS COVERAGE 2. StreamLiner Heart-Assist
Device (Design News, 6/2000) |
GRANT FUNDING (under
construction)
Fuel cell power packs for left ventricular assist devices (ICET, Inc.) |
Contact Information
James F. Antaki, PhD.
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon
University
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Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Surgery
743 Benedum Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261