The following abstracts were submitted for the 2nd Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, held September 23–25, 1994, Vienna, Austria, but papers were not submitted.

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1 AXIAL FLOW BLOOD PUMP FOR CHRONIC IMPLANT USE. K. Butler. T. Maher, H. Borovetz,* P. Litwak,* and R. Kormos,* Nimbus, Inc., U.S.A., and *University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.2 A NEW APPLICATION OF A ROTARY PUMP IN A SIMULTANEOUS ADSORPTION/FILTRATION PROCESS. D. Falkenhagen, C. Weber, Ch. Rajnoch, H. Schima,* F. Loth. †Interdisciplinary Institute of Bioengi‐neering, Danube University, Krems, Austria, *Centre of Biomedical Research, University of Vienna, Austria, and †Fraunhoferinstitute of Polymerresearch, Teltow, Germany.3 TESTING AND MEASUREMENT OF THE PERISTALTIC PUMP FOR THE EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION. Z. Kratochvil and P. Fleischner, Department of Hydraulic Machines and Equipment, Technical University of Brno, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic4 SIMULATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND SOME POSSIBILITIES OF THE BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION. J. Nevrlv. Technical University of Brno, Czech Republic.5 VIBRATORY ORBITING BLOOD PUMP. A.J. Sipin. Anatole J. Sipin Co., Inc.6 MECHANICAL HEMOLYSIS DERIVED IN SEVERAL TYPES OF STENOTIC TUBES BY USING A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP. M. Umezu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.7 BASIC PERFORMANCE OF A MINIATURE INTRA‐VENTRICULAR AXIAL PUMP. M. Umezu. Y. Otake, K. Sakata, T. Fujimoto, K. Yamazaki,* H. Koyanagi,* H. Iiyama.† T. Mori,† K. Higuchi.† Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, *Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, and †Sun Medical Technology Research Corp., Nagano, Japan.8 A FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE BAYLOR/ NASA AXIAL FLOW BLOOD PUMP FOR DESIGN IMPROVEMENT. J.‐T. Wernicke. D. Meier, K. Mizugu‐chi, G. Damm, G. Aber,* B. Benkowski, Y. Nose, G. P. Noon, and M. E. DeBakey, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, U.S.A. and *NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, U.S.A.9 USE OF HEPARIN‐COATED DEVICES: IS HEPA‐RINIZATION STILL NECESSARY?: A CASE REPORT. G. Wieselthaler. H. Schima, R. Seitelberger, D. Heilinger,* E. Donner, M. Hiesmayer,* and E. Wolner, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, LBI for Cardio‐surgical Research, and *Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Vienna.10 PULSATILE VERSUS NONPULSATILE PERFU‐SION USING A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR CAR‐DIOPULMONARY BYPASS DURING CABG EFFECTS ON HEMODYNAMICS, OXYGENATION, AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE. J. Driessen. H. Dhaese, L. Rondelez, G. Fransen, and L. Gevaert, St. Jans Hospital, Brugge, Belgium.