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Article: CMM assists with ventricular device.(Jarvik 2000)(Coordinate Measuring Machine)
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- October 1, 2003
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The makers of the Jarvik 2000 artificial heart--technically a left ventricular assist device--are now getting a manufacturing assist from the Sheffield Discovery II Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). Robert Jarvik, M.D., the inventor of the Jarvik 2000 device, oversees development of the artificial heart at Jarvik Heart Inc. (New York City). The Discovery II, manufactured by Sheffield Automation (Fond du Lac, WI), is an automated three-dimensional measurement device for high-precision manufactured parts.
The Jarvik 2000, essentially a miniature pump, has already been implanted in more than 40 patients in the United States and Europe. It is intended to be a ...