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LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) …

- - - - Third generation: Electromagnetic:
        The newest technology of the LVAD has been created to improve the method of continuous flow. The device is mainly based off of the centrifugal force with the electromagnetic spin. Doctors have now learnt, created and improved on the HeartMate II. How the newest version works is: it uses a chamber that is much more smaller and it has no mechanical process. It also fits very differently since now it attaches right to your heart. How it works is the blood comes from the top of the pipe and then goes out through the side. It is much more smaller due to having it placed at a right angle making it flat. It has been approved by the FDA for bridge to transplant but the company is trying to make the destination therapy also approved. Doctors and researchers are now working on the create a much smaller and faster LVAD. In addition to that, doctors are working on the HeartMate 3. How they have innovated this generation of the LVAD is this version of the LVAD is much more smaller and simpler which is not only good for the patients but also for doctors, researchers and surgeons.
        
        Four generation/generations to come:
        The future holds a lot for these devices as they are becoming much smaller and much more efficient. The LVAD allows doctors to expand their knowledge about the heart and create and or improve devices which could help the heart. Researchers have thought about coming up with ways in which open heart surgery is not required for the placement of the LVAD. There is a model of the LVAD which fits underneath your skin and is the size of a double A-battery. This is connected from the top chamber of your heart to your big blood vessels but it cuts into the patients breast bone. This potential device is created to decrease the complication that come along with the LVAD. However, this potential device might not work for all patients. This potential LVAD may not provide as much support but it would be much faster and easier to produce compared to the past LVAD's. Researchers are also working on a version of the LVAD that is inserted through your blood vessels and does not have any battery or controller which would decrease the amount of weight the patients have to carry.