The field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support with ventricular assist devices has lagged significantly behind that of adult patients. However, there is increasing attention on the emerging field of pediatric ventricular assist device support. In this review, part of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society/Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Joint Consensus Statement on Mechani...

The Surgical Research Laboratory at Sinai Hospital of Detroit has as its primary goal the development of mechanical and biological technics for augmenting or replacing the function of a damaged heart. Scientific contributions from our group include the development of a cardiac pacemaker, a method for electronic control of bladder evacuation, technics for chronic stimulation of nerves, and a met...

Assist bar Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) has been demonstrated to increase across pitch performance and depthof-focus of semi-dense to isolated lines. As the sub-resolution assist feature (SRAF) or assist bar’s size increases, so does its desired lithographic effect, as well as its undesired printability. In other words, when large assist features are required at isolated pitches, the assi...

Multiple gravity assist (MGA) trajectories represent a particular class of space trajectories in which a spacecraft exploits the encounter with one or more celestial bodies to change its velocity vector; they have been essential to reach high v targets with low propellant consumption. The search for optimal transfer trajectories can be formulated as a mixed combinatorial-continuous global opti...

The performance of a traditional cache memory hierarchy can be improved by utilizing mechanisms such as a victim cache or a stream bu er (cache assists). The amount of on{chip memory for cache assist is typically limited for technological reasons. In addition, the cache assist size is limited in order to maintain a fast access time. Performance gains from using a stream bu er or a victim cache,...

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common complication after heart assist device placement. Reasons for bleeding are multifactorial. Endoscopic therapy is the treatment of choice, whereas invasive procedures are avoided in these critically ill patients. We present the case of a 65-year-old male patient experiencing severe GI bleeding after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and right ventri...