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Students Build Smaller, Smarter Heart Pump A miniaturized heart pump designed by a team of University of Florida engineering students could become a life-saving alternative for patients waiting in long lines for scarce donor hearts. The UF team is creating a device with a novel pumping technology that makes it smaller and smarter than currently available ventricular assist devices, which are too large to be implanted in many patients. The pump`s small size means also it would be the first such device in the U.S. that could be used in children.
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