amazing fact: no anti-coagulants needed. How incredible. The...

amazing fact: no anti-coagulants needed. How incredible. The blood doesn't make the arduous journey through tubes to the guts. It's attached to the heart.

This is the result of exhausting testing in hundreds of animals ie sheep:

The 90 day GLP studies will begin this month. In addition, we have also recruited an experienced

specialist to manage the HVAD preclinical study program.

It is of note that in the preclinical studies to date, we continue to use no anticoagulation following the

operative period and have found no evidence of thrombus formation in the HVAD. Further, we have seen

very low levels of haemolysis, which indicates that the HVAD causes no significant mechanical damage

to the blood as it passes through the pump. In combination, these observations suggest that the HVAD

will meet its design criteria with respect to haemocompatibility in clinical use.