THE MINI-VAD OF THE FUTURE

CALON CARDIO TECHNOLOGY

What is the CALON MiniVAD™?

Calon’s focus is in the development of innovative mechanical circulatory support devices for the treatment of heart failure. Our leading development, the CALON MiniVAD™ is a miniature implantable blood pump for the treatment of patients with advanced chronic heart failure.

Our team of Engineers and Bioscientists have based the development of the CALON MiniVAD™ on addressing known issues with current devices using novel, IP protected design technology and extensive blood chemistry analysis to verify blood handling performance.

The CALON MiniVAD™ is being developed for implantation directly into the left ventricle of the failing heart to help provide adequate blood supply to the body, alleviate the debilitating symptoms of heart failure and improve quality of life. The purpose of this novel technology development programme is to slow or halt heart failure disease progression and address the known adverse events associated with current devices that are available.

The CALON MiniVAD™ features a magnetically levitated impeller driven by an embedded electric motor. The MiniVAD™ is highly efficient, unlocking the opportunity for wireless charging via an external wearable accessory. Once charged, the system allows for tether-less powering of the pump, allowing the patient to lead a more normal life, free from intrusive drivelines through the abdominal wall. The wearable device will provide patients and clinicians with key pump and health parameters, offering an intuitive and easy to manage system.

Working together, the Calon MiniVAD™ system fulfils the tasks that the failing heart can no longer achieve alone.

The Calon MiniVAD™ system consists of an implanted pump and peripheral devices which together create a circulatory heart assist system to boost the function of a failing ventricle

The VAD has an embedded motor which drives the rotor to create blood flow

The complete system incorporates devices for control, power, monitoring
and support

The VAD is powered and controlled by an implantable accessory consisting of a controller, battery and a power receiving coil.

The Calon MiniVAD™ collects blood from the ventricle of the failing heart and
pumps the same blood back into circulation

Power and signal are transmitted to the pump from the implantable accessory, charged wirelessly via the external coil and batteries

CALON ADVANTAGES

Small, low-weight device with near silent and vibration free operation
A novel, highly efficient blood flow design that reduces the risk of thrombus formation
No percutaneous driveline cable, eliminating the risk of driveline infection.
Wireless device operation allowing the patient untethered freedom after charging.