Professor Shaun Gregory
is a Co-Director of the $50M Artificial Heart Frontiers Program, a national effort to produce an ecosystem of medical devices for people with untreatable advanced heart failure. He is spearheading the Mini Pump development, aimed at patients experiencing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a condition where the heart pumps normally but doesn’t fill with enough blood between beats. HFpEF accounts for half of all heart failure cases but effective treatment options are lacking. The Mini Pump reduces back pressure on the lungs by unloading the left atrium, helping it to fill properly between beats. This increases blood circulation and improves oxygen delivery, which significantly reduces symptoms of heart failure and dramatically enhances patients’ quality of life.
Watch Shaun talk about his research
Find Prof Gregory’s QUT Academic Profile here.
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