The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1964 Page: 4 of 8
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Rice, Baylor Begin Work On Mechanical Heart
By BILL McWHORTER
Thresher Staff Reporter
The nation's first multidisci-
plinary approach to the de-
velopment of an implantable
artificial heart was initiated re-
cently by surgeons at Baylor
University College of Medicine
and chemical engineers at Rice,
working under a $653,324 grant
from the Public Health Service.
The project is to result in
surgical heart replacement in
three to five years, and could
mean $4.5 million in supporting
grants.
Dr. M. E. DeBakey, chairman
of Baylor's Department of Sui--
gery, will direct the $395,000
project there. Dr. W. W. Akers,
chairman of the Chemical En-
gineering Department, will di-
rect Rice's $258,000 project.
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Special laboratories are to be
set up on both campuses for the
coordinated effort.
Rice To Do Engineering
The research teams from both
schools will combine in attack-
ing the following problems:
the development _ of power
sources for both external and
implantable pumps, design of
the artificial pumping.units, and
the problem of destructive in-
teractions between the body and
the artificial system,
In addition,"the Baylor team
will concentrate on implantation
techniques, blood destruction
studies, and general physiologic
reactions to the system. -
The Rice project will con-
centrate on the engineering de-
sign of the pumping unit, basic
research on fluid dynamics of
blood movement, and the physi-
cal and chemical properties of
materials developed by industry
for the project.
Bio-Engineering Program
One result of the project will
ENVOY TO GUADALAJARA
HELPS SET CURRICULUM
Professor Harry S. Ransom of
the Rice Department of Archi-
tecture will spend this year in
Guadalajara, Mexico, on a State
Department grant. Professor
Ransom will consult with pro-
fessors of the Universidad Au-
tonoma de Guadalajara on ar-
chitectural curriculum and cam-
pus planning.
Professor Ransom's work is
part of an effort supported by
the State Department and the
Ford and Rockefeller Founda-
tions to assist the U.A.G. in a
major expansion program^
Last year Francisco Camar-
ena, Dean of the U. A. G. School
of Architecture, came to Rice
and worked with advanced stu-
dents on several over-all plans
for the Guadalajara campus.
be the development of a grad-
uate program at Rice in bio-
engineering which will train
advanced engineering students
for research in the medical field.
Dr. DeBakey has been di-
recting pilot studies on the pro-
ject for two years, and one
model of a temporary circula-
tory pump has been clinically
tested. In late 1963, Baylor
surgeons implanted a left ven-
tricular by-pass with good re-
sults. A right ventricular by-
pass is under development and
will be clinically tested within
the year.
Two Sources Considered
Two types of power units need
to be developed: a temporary
external source and a per-
manent internal unit. Possible
internal power systems under
consideration are: (1) external
electrical power which, through
"wireless" transmission, en-
ergizes a power source within
the body, and (2) skeletal
muscle power, operated by
electrical stimulation of the
muscles involved.
Once the system is develop-
ed, the cardiologist and sur-
geon working on each individual
case will decide whether it
should be used. Patients will
come from the Bayloi'-affiliated
hospitals: Methodist, St. Luke's,
Texas Children's, the Veterans
Administration and Ben Taub.
NATHAN SCOTT
Speaks Tonight
Theologian Views
Comic Imagination
In Chapel Tonight
Nathan Scott, a specialist on
the x-elation of literature to the-
ology, will speak in the Rice
Chapel tonight at 7:15 PM.
Doctor Scott, currently teach-
ing in the Divinity School of
the University of Chicago, has
written specific works on Cam-
us, Samuel Beckett, and analys-
es of the central themes of mod-
ern literature.
Episcopalian Scott is also co-
editor of the Journal of Relig-
ion and contributor to many
of the literary magazines. His
topic will be "The Comic Imag-
ination and the Christian
Faith."
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Kelly, Hugh Rice. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1964, newspaper, October 1, 1964; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244921/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.