Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Vollkron M, Schima H, Benkowski R, Morello G: New Hope for Heart Patients. dSPACE NEWS 004/1, Feb 2004.

2. Vollkron M, Schima H, Huber L, Benkowski R, Morello G, Wieselthaler G: Development of a suction development system for axial blood pumps. Artif Organs 28:709-716, 2004.

3. Vollkron M, Schima H, Huber L, Benkowski R, Morello G, Wieselthaler G: Development of a Reliable Automatic Speed Control System for Rotary Blood Pumps. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Nov;24(11):1878-85.

4. Schima H; Vollkron M; Jantsch U; Crevenna R; Roethy W; Benkowski R; Morello G; Quittan M; Hiesmayr M; Wieselthaler G: First Clinical Experience with an Automatic Control System for Rotary Blood Pumps During Ergometry and Right-Heart Catheterization. Journal Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Feb;25(2):167-73.

5. Vollkron M, Schima H, Huber L, Benkowski R, Morello G, Weiselthaler G: Control of Implantable Axial Blood Pumps Based on Physiological Demand. 2006 American Control Conference, June 14-16, 2006, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

6. Voigt O, Benkowski RJ, Morello GF. Suction detection for the MicroMed DeBakey Left Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO Journal. 2005 Jul-Aug;51(4):321-8.

7. Vollkron M, Schima H, Huber L, Benkowski R, Morello G, Wieselthaler G.
Development of a suction detection system for axial blood pumps.
Artif Organs. 2004 Aug;28(8):709-16.

8. Michael Vollkron, Heinrich Schima, Leopold Huber, Robert Benkowski, Gino Morello, Georg Wieselthaler (2006) Advanced Suction Detection for an Axial Flow Pump
Artificial Organs 30 (9), 665–670.

9. H. Schima, M. Vollkron, L. Huber, G. Morello, B. Benkowski, M. Quittan, G. Wieselthaler: Clinical Experiences with a Physiologically Adaptive Control of Rotary Blood Pumps and its Performance in Crucial Situations. Cardiovascular Engineering, Journal For Extracorporial Circulation, Assist Devices, Transplantation and Artificial Organs. Volume 8, 2003, No. 3

10. Vollkron, M.   Schima, H.   Huber, L.   Benkowski, B.   Morello, G.   Wieselthaler, G.  
Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Res., Vienna, Austria; Control of Implantable Axial Blood Pumps Based On Physiological Demand, IEEE American Control Conference, 2006

11. G. Morello1, M. Vollkron2, R. Benkowski1 and H. Schima21MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc., Houston and 2Medical Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria A Rapid Algorithm Design and Implementation Strategy HSEMB 2006 Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX.

12. R. White, R. Benkowski, S. Alexander and G. Morello — MicroMed Technology Inc., Houston Design of an Axial Flow Total Artificial Heart HSEMB 2006 Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX.

13. G. Morello, R. Benkowski, B. Lynch, J. Geiger A Disciplined Flow Estimation Algorithm In The DeBakey VAD System, ASAIO 2004 American Society For Artificial Internal Organs, Washington DC. ASAIO Journal. 50(2):147, March/April 2004.

14. Schima, Heinrich 1,2; Vollkron, Michael 2; Schoerghuber, Rafaela 1; Benkowski, Robert 3; Morello, Gino 3; Wieselthaler, Georg 2 Efficiency Control of Rotary Blood Pumps and its Interaction with the Cardiovascular System. ASAIO Journal. 52(2):24A, March/April 2006.

15. Voigt, Oliver; Benkowski, Robert J.; Morello, Gino F. Suction Detection for the MicroMed DeBakey Left Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO Journal. 51(4):321-328, July/August 2005.

16. Voigt, O. 1; Morello, G. F. 1; Benkowski, R. 1 Suction Detection for the MicroMed DeBakey LVAD ASAIO Journal. 50(2):127, March/April 2004.

17. White, R 1; Knight, M 1; Bray, C 1; Morello, G 1 Real World EMI/RFI/ESD Testing of an LVAD System ASAIO Journal. 49(2):219, March/April 2003.

18. Morello, G.; Benkowski, R.; Geiger, J Physiologic Control and Suction Detection Using Frequency Domain Techniques ASAIO Journal. 49(2):179, March/April 2003

19. Benkowski, R. 1; Morello, C. 1; Schima, H. 2; Vollkron, M. 2; Morley, D. 1; Wieselthaler, G. 2 Evaluation of VAD Parameters for Use in a Physiologic Algorithm ASAIO Journal. 48(2):166, March/April 2002

20. Benkowski, R.; Lynch, B.; Morello, G.; Morley, D.; Noon, G. P Real Time Flow Measurement for a Continuous Flow VAD ASAIO Journal. 47(2):133, March/April 2001

21. M. Vollkron (Medical University of Vienna, Austria), H. Schima (Medical University of Vienna, Austria), B. Benkowski (Micromed Cardiovascular Inc.), G. Morello (Micromed Cardiovascular Inc.), G. Wieselthaler (Medical University of Vienna, Austria) Control of Implantable Axial Blood Pumps Based on Physiological Demand, American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN June 14-16, 2006.

22. H. Schima,1,2 M. Vollkron,1 B. Benkowski,5 G. Morello,5 M. Quittan,3 M. Hiesmayr,4 E. Wolner,1 G. Wieselthaler,1 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and LBI, University of, Vienna, Austria; 2Department of Biomed. Eng., University of, Vienna, Austria; 3Department of Physical Medicine, University of, Vienna, Austria; 4Department of Cardiovascular and Anaesthesia, University of, Vienna, Austria; 5Micromed Technology Inc, Houston, TX. An Automatic Speed Adaptation System for Implantable Rotary Blood Pumps and Its Clinical Evaluation ISHLT 2004 ANNUAL MEETING

23. Michael Vollkron, Heinrich Schima, Bob Benkowski, Gino Morello, Georg Wieselthaler Automatic Speed Control for Axial Blood Pumps: Efficiency and Clinical Experience Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen, Osterreichischen und Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Biomedizinische Technik 6.-9. September 2006, ETH Swiss Federal Institue Zürich, Schweiz

24. H. Schima*, M. Vollkron*, L. Huber*, G. Morello**, B. Benkowski**, M. Quittan*, G. Wieselthaler**) Dept. Of Cardiothor. Surg. And LBI, Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Dept. Of med. Physics., University of Vienna;**) MicroMed Inc., Houston TX, USA Clinical Experiences with a Physiologically Adaptive Control of Rotary Blood Pumps and its Performance in Crucial Situations