The complexities of blood flow.

In Human biology (and all things in nature), we experience the research journey to be truly fractal, the more we discover, the more we realise how much more there is to it.

Every question answered brings more questions, an infinite process.

The Triphasic team delves deep in the ongoing research and development of solutions to support patients in open heart surgery such as bypass (CPB), patients requiring assistance with blood flow and associated delivery of oxygen and nutrients to every facet of the body, e.g., after surgery or paediatric patients who experience developmental complications requiring extra corporeal life support.

Blood pulsatile flow, resistance due to anatomy and surplus hemodynamic energy are just a few to be considered when mimicking the human patient’s circulatory system. In addition, regions in the body and organs have unique specific aspects to be considered.

The Triphasic Lab and Clinical pump is able to bring these, (and many more) functionalities in the delivery of the required blood flow for a patient.

Over the course of the year, we will endeavour to give a layman’s insight in some of the terminology and specific elements with our first offering on the specific regions of the vascular system such as the Carotid (brains), Coronary (heart muscle), and infrarenal (below kidneys) systems and associated flows.

Stand by for more to follow.

The Team@Triphasic.

The Triphasic technology is also applied in Simulation models for surgical training.

Bleeding during surgery is an often occurring, and serious complication which can be challenging .

In surgical skills training and re-training, practice makes perfect, and, in the quest of patient safety, simulation is becoming mainstream to impart the skills necessary for safe surgery.

Most current training models are conducted on inanimate organs without the blood flow experienced during surgery.

The Triphasic technology, when connected to the vascular tree of an animal organ, mimics the body’s natural pulse and specific physiology, creating an improved life-like experience during surgical training

Triphasic technology presents a significant contribution in the development of the highest-quality simulation training technology by creating a safe environment to develop surgical competency without any patient exposure.

Can young innovators run the show?

Angry Birds’s Peter Vesterbacka, key note speaker at West Tech Fest, is my new hero.

His work with Slush, Finland, where young people run one of the largest innovation conferences on the planet, challenges WA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem’s status quo.

Slush organisers and those running the show come from high schools, technical colleges, and universities, and not boards, corporates, and government departments.

Mistakes are seen as learning opportunities and not failure. What a revelation!

One person argued that we couldn’t possibly let anyone who hadn’t finished their university education loose on events’ management all by themselves.

If he met someone like Triphasic Cardiac Pump’s Head of Product Development, Justin Chong, he may start to expand his views on what young people are capable of when given wings.

The brilliant keynote speaker at the West Tech Fest Conference, Peter said there is space in innovation for the young at heart. Lucky me.