Teaming NASA's supercomputers with software used to model fuel flow through Space Shuttle engines, Kiris and Kwak sought a solution to the VAD's problems. The Ames researchers put their tools and talents together and were successful in refining the pump design to eliminate the flaws and make it better than ever.
Today, hundreds of heart failure patients around the world are leading better lives thanks to the miniaturized VAD. Given the success, the device is even under consideration now as a possible alternative to heart transplant. The DeBakey VAD works so well, it could almost be taken for granted.
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