Students build smaller, smarter heart pump.(Extracts) From: Florida Trend | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Gramling, Carolyn | COPYRIGHT 2005 Trend Magazines, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A miniaturized heart pump designed by a team of University of Florida engineering students could become a lifesaving 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 also means it would be the first such device in the United...