Case Study
Highly Reliable Custom Valve Manifold with Detachable Hand Pump for Critical Medical Device
ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS Humphrey developed a custom valve manifold assembly to power and control the operation of a mechanical heart used prior to heart transplant surgery. A special hand pump, also developed by Humphrey, can be used when moving the heart assist device untethered from the drive console. Reliable Humphrey 320 valve, modified for quiet operation, drives the blood pump. Hand pump has two sets of check valves built into the head of a c