Home Artificial Organ Treatment for Implantable Ventricular Assist Device

Abstract

Treatment with an implantable ventricular assist device(iVAD) has become widespread. In the future, it is expected that home treatment under circulatory assistance using an iVAD as well as the recovery to society will be further expanded. It is indispensable to solve various problems in aiming at patient safety and security as well as medical development. It is necessary to develop home monitoring systems and simultaneous arrangements of remote or home medical care systems such as virtual medical care, home nursing, emergency medical care system, and home rehabilitation that make home monitoring systems to be effective in their utilization. How to improve safety and security in environments other than homes, such as work and school, and how to remove barriers to the social life of patients with iVADs are important issues. It is important to summarize these issues and promote their developmental solutions in collaboration with medical and engineering.