Living Heart Project Members

The Living Heart Project connects medical and biomedical experts to bring the vision of virtual twins capable of safely testing new innovations and guiding precise treatments to reality.

Who Is Participating in the Living Heart Project?

Research

Academic and clinical researchers monitor, evaluate and influence the development of the heart models in a collaborative way as the project progresses. Their suggestions for model refinement, new applications, technological implementation or contributions of model or validation data contribute to the pursuit of realistic simulations capable of reliably replicating clinically observed behavior.

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Industry

Information-gathering for the project is taking place in a pre-competitive manner – i.e., not device-specific, but disease-specific—so that product information and patent protection is assured. Companies are evaluating the model for applications in their areas of interest. Their suggestions for model refinement, new applications, technological implementation or contributions of model or test-validation data contribute to the pursuit of realistic simulations capable of reliably replicating clinically observed behavior.

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Clinical

Clinical practitioner involvement in the project is critical to ensure a patient-centered focus on the development of viable technologies that will improve diagnoses and treatment plans. By collaborating with project participants, clinicians provide valued guidance in how best to use the power of simulation to diagnose and treat patient-specific conditions.

Clinicians monitor and evaluate the development of the model in a collaborative way as the project progresses over time. Their suggestions—based on actual patient experience, ideas about applications to specific disease states, and/or thoughts about model enhancement or refinement derived from clinical data—contribute to the pursuit of realistic simulations capable of reliably replicating observed behavior.

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Regulatory

Perhaps the greatest challenge for any medical regulatory agency is accessing the safety of new devices without relying on costly and invasive human testing. Regulatory science stakeholders monitor and evaluate the development of the model in a collaborative way as the project progresses over time. Their participation is valuable in assessing the validity of the heart model for its mechanical and material properties, in developing test protocols, and in creating strategies for validation of the heart model for specific contexts of use.

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 A translational research initiative to revolutionize cardiovascular science through realistic simulation.

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