Mending Broken Hearts | The ChallENG Program

VIP Snapshot

With more and more people suffering from heart failure and fewer transplantations, the need for an artificial heart is greater than ever. The International Society for Mechanical Circulatory Support is running a competition for students to design the next generation total artificial heart, and so this is your chance to be involved at the ground level.

This project is open to students across the university!

VIP ChallENG research goals

Design the next "Smart" artificial heart.
Compete in the ISMCS competition "Heart-A-Thon" to design the next "smart" artificial heart!

Research, Design and Technical Areas

Research:

Understand the design history of total artificial hearts.
Understand the physiological requirements of artificial circulation.
Identify pros and cons of previous designs for “smart” hearts.
Identify medical issues with current devices.
Identify human factor issues with current devices.
Identify social issues with patient cohort.

Design:

Identify Stakeholders
Identify user needs (patients, clinicians, surgeons etc).
Create designs for
- Artificial Heart
- User interface
- Documentation
- Training program
- Patient support groups.