MedDevice Strategies’ principals are veterans of the mechanical circulatory support field as founders, managers, developers and fielders of innovative, implantable life-support systems.
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LAFORGE DH, LEE J, BEERING FK, PORTNER PM. The Belt Skin Transformer for Energy Transmission to Implanted Circulatory Support Devices. Int Biomed Eng Symp, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 1986 (in press).
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PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, GREEN GF, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, LEE J, RISING DL, REAM AK. An Implantable Integrated Left Ventricular Assist System, Utilizing a Balanced Solenoid Electrical Energy Converter and a Dual Pusher-Plate Blood Pump. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-02908-3, June 1983.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, GREEN GF, BEERING FK. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 24-25, 1982.
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PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, BEERING FK, GREEN GF. Development and Evaluation of the Belt Skin Transformer for Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-5, August 1982.
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PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, GINSBURG LA, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 38-39, 1981.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, BEERING FK, GREEN GF. Development and Evaluation of the Belt Skin Transformer for Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-4, August 1981.
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PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, CONLEY MG, REAM AK. An Electromechanical (Solenoid) Energy Converter and Control System for a Clinical Left Ventricular Assist System. Final Rep, NIH-N01-HV-4-2914-7, PB 82 1922 87, March 1981.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J. Electrical energy transmission technique development. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-3, June 1980.
CHEN H, CONLEY MG, JASSAWALLA JS, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Development of a left heart dual pusher-plate blood pump. Proc 33rd Ann Conf Eng Med Biol, 1980, p 164.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 51-52, 1980.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, CONLEY MG, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development and In Vivo Evaluation of the Solenoid Actuated Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, p. 37, 1980.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, MAEDER PA, LEE J, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin Using the Belt Skin Transformer. Am Soc Artif Intern Organs, 1980.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, MAEDER PA, LEE J. Transcutaneous Energy for an Implanted Electrical Circulatory Support System Using Distributed Inductive Coupling. Proc Eur Soc Artif Organs, pp 109-112, 1979.
PORTNER PM, JASSAWALLA JS, CHEN H, CONLEY MG, MAEDER PA, LEE J. Development of a Left Heart Assist Blood Pump. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 21, 1979.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, MAEDER PA, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 4, 1979.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, SKYTTE KW, LAFORGE DH, PETREK JS, LEE J, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development and In Vivo Evaluation of the Solenoid Actuated Left Ventricular Assist System. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 41, 1979.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, MAEDER PA, LEE J, JASSAWALLA JS. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-2, Annual Report, June 1979.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, CHEN H, LEE J, JASSAWALLA JS. Electrical energy Transmission Technique Development. NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-1, Annual Report, June 1978.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, SKYTTE KW. An implantable permanent left ventricular assist system for man. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1978; 24:99-103. Included in “The 25 Landmark Papers Published by ASAIO 1955 – 2003”, ASAIO Gold, 50th Anniversary Special Edition, June, 2004
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, REAM AK, CORBIN SD, SKYTTE KW. Evolution of the solenoid-actuated left ventricular assist system: integration with a pusher-plate pump for intra-abdominal implantation in the calf. Artif Organs. 1978 Nov; 2(4): 402-12.
PORTNER PM, DONG E, GRIEPP RB, JASSAWALLA JS, LAFORGE DH, REAM AK. the solenoid actuated left ventricular assist system: Thoracic location of the energy converter in the calf. Proc 28th Ann Conf Eng Med Biol, 1975, p 353.
GOLDING LAR, EL-BANAYOSY A, KORMOS RL, FARRAR DJ, SCHMID C, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, KASIRAJAN V, WOODARD J, ESMORE DS. Emerging Left Ventricular Assist Devices. In: Fraizier OH, Kirklin JK, eds. Mechanical Circulatory Support. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2006:205-217
WHEELDON DR, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, JANSEN PGM, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM, Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System Long-term Performance: Comparison of Clinical Experience with Demonstrated In Vitro Reliability. ASAIO Journal. 48(5);M546-551, 2002 Sep-Oct.
YU YC, BOSTON JR, SIMAAN MA, MILLER PJ, ANTAKI JF. Pressure-volume relationship of a pulsatile blood pump for ventricular assist device development. ASAIO J. 2001 May-Jun; 47(3):293-301.
PRISTAS JM, LEE J, WHEELDON DR, PORTNER PM, Flight Experience with the Novacor LVAS. ASAIO Journal. 47(3);M266-271, 2001 May-Jun
LEE J, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, CONLEY MG, CARPENTER JL, WIHERA JC, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Reliability Model from the In Vitro Durability Tests of a Left Ventricular Assist System. ASAIO Journal. 45(6);M595-601, 1999 Nov-Dec.
SWARTZ MT, BOROVETZ HS, MILLER PJ, MITCHELL HE, WATSON JT, GRIFFITH BP, PENNINGTON DG, PORTNER PM. Evaluation of an implantable ventricular assist system for humans with chronic refractory heart failure. Technical considerations. LVAS Study Group. Left Ventricular Assist System. ASAIO J. 1995 Jan-Mar; 41(1):27-31.
RAMASAMY N, WOODARD JC, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. "Long-term support of end-stage heart failure patients with the second generation Novacor LVAS". Proc X World congress Intl Soc Artif Organs 1995.
MILLER PJ, BILLICH TJ, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, NAEGELI A, RAMASAMY N, JASSAWALLA JL, PORTNER PM. Initial Clinical Experience with a Wearable Controller for the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System. ASAIO Journal. 40(3):M465-70, 1994 Jul-Sep.
LEE J., RYAN M,KEENEY R, GRUNOW P, HARJU D, DANIEL MA, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Design Considerations for Reliabilty of the Novacor LVAS Wearable Control System. Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc., 1992.
DANIEL MA, LEE J, LAFORGE DH CHEN H, BILLICH J, MILLER PJ, RAMASAMY N, STRAUSS LR, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Clinical Evaluation of the Novacor Totally Implantable Ventricular Assist System. ASAIO Transactions, 1991; 37:M423-5.
MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, BILLICH J, DANIEL MA, RAMASAMY N, STRAUSS LR, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Development and Clinical Preparation for a Totally Implantable, Long-term, Ventricular Assist System. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Abstracts, 1990.
DANIEL MA, LEE J, LAFORGE DH, CHEN H, BILLICH J, MILLER PJ, DEBLASI MJB, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. In vitro testing of a Totally Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS). ASAIO, 1990.
DANIEL MA, BILLICH TJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, MILLER PJ, RAMASAMY N, BILLINGHAM ME, SIEGEL LC, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Device Readiness Testing of the Novacor Totally Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc 1989 Conf Cardiovasc Science & Technology: Basic and Appl. Louisville Kentucky, 12/2-4, 1989.
RAMASAMY N, CHEN H, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, BILLICH J, LAFORGE DH, GREENE BA, OCAMPO A, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Chronic Ovine Evaluation of a Totally Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS). ASAIO Transactions, 1989.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, PENNINGTON DG, BAUMGARTNER WA, GRIFFITH BP, FRIST WR, MAGILLIGAN DJ JR, NOON GP, RAMASAMY N, MILLER PJ, et al. Implantable electrical left ventricular assist system: bridge to transplantation and the future. Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Jan;47(1):142-50.
RAMASAMY N, CHEN H, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, GREENE BA, OCAMPO A, SIEGEL LC, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Chronic ovine evaluation of a totally implantable electrical left ventricular assist system. ASAIO Trans. 1989 Jul-Sep; 35(3):402-4.
RAMASAMY N, CHEN H, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Bioprosthetic valve calcification and pseudoneointimal proliferation in bovine and ovine models. ASAIO Trans. 1988 Jul-Sep; 34(3):696-702.
STARNES VA, OYER PE, PORTNER PM, RAMASAMY N, MILLER PJ, STINSON EB, BALDWIN JC, REAM AK, WYNER J, SHUMWAY NE. Isolated left ventricular assist as bridge to cardiac transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1988 Jul; 96(1):62-71.
LEE J, BILLICH J, LAFORGE DH, RYAN M, SOHRAB B, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Control Electronics for the Novacor Totally Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 10:73, 1988.
JASSAWALLA JS, CHEN H, LEE J, DANIEL MA, LAFORGE DH, BILLICH TJ, RAMASAMY N, MILLER PJ, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. In vitro and in vivo Testing of a Totally Implantable Ventricular Assist System. ASAIO Transaction, 34:470-5, 1988.
PORTNER PM, JASSAWALLA JS, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, MILLER PJ, RAMASAMY, BRUGLER JS, BILLICH J, LEE J, BEERING FK, CONLEY MG, DANIEL MA, STRAUSS LR, OYER PE, REAM AK, SHUMWAY NE. A Totally Implantable Ventricular Assist System for Terminal Heart Failure. ASAIO Primers in Artificial Organs; Left Ventricular Assist Devices, (3:57-76, 1988).
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, REAM AK, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, DANIEL MA, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, RAMASAMY N, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, BILLICH TJ, BILLINGHAM MB. Device Readiness Testing of the Novacor Implantable Permanent Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc Annu Cont Conf, Devices and Technology Branch, NHLBI, p 39, 1987.
RAMASAMY N, OYER PE, REAM AK, POSKUS R, GREENE BA, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Hemodynamic effects of chronic left ventricular assist in an ovine model. Proc Joint Congress of Int Soc Artif Organs and Eur Soc Artif Organs, Munich, Germany, September 1987
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, BRUGLER JS, REAM AK, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, DANIEL MA, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, RAMASAMY N, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, SPAHIC B, BILLINGHAM ME. Device Readiness Testing of the Novacor Implantable Permanent Ventricular Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, Devices and Technology Branch, NHLBI, P 33, December 1986.
BRUGLER JS, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, BEERING FK, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Transcutaneous Power Transmission and Electronic Control of a Ventricular Assist System. Accepted for IEEE-EMBS, Ft. Worth, Texas, November 1986.
LAFORGE DH, LEE J, BEERING FK, PORTNER PM. The Belt Skin Transformer for Energy Transmission to Implanted Circulatory Support Devices. Int Biomed Eng Symp, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 1986 (in press).
GREEN GF, RAMASAMY R, SPAHIC B, CHEN H, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. The use of butyl rubber trilaminate membranes and desiccants to maintain a dry operating environment in a left ventricular assist system. Proc 12th Ann Meeting, Soc Biomat, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1986, p 23.
JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, BILLICH J, LAFORGE DH, GREEN GF, BRUGLER JS, PORTNER PM. Development of an Implantable, Permanent Electromechanical Ventricular Assist System. Int Soc Artif Organs, Abstracts, p29, October 1985.
BRUGLER JS, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, RISING DL, BILLICH J, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, PORTNER PM. Implanted Control and Power Electronics for a Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc Intersoc Energy Conv Eng Conf, p1.613-1.617, August 1985.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, BRUGLER JS, REAM AK, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, RAMASAMY N, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, Devices and Technology Branch, NHLBI, p 70, 1984.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, BRUGLER JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, GREEN GF, RAMASAMY N, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, LEE J, RISING DL, REAM AK. An Implantable, Integrated Left Ventricular Assist System, Utilizing a Balanced Solenoid Electrical Energy Converter and a Dual Pusher-Plate Blood Pump. Final Rep, NIH-N01-02908-4, August 1984.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, Devices and Technology Branch, NHLBI, pp 104-105, 1983.
JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, RISING DL, LAFORGE DH, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Development of a Totally Implantable Electromechanical Left Ventricular Assist System. IEEE-SMC Conf, Bombay, pp 69-73, 1983.
MILLER PJ, GREEN GF, CHEN H, RAMASAMY N, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, REAM AK, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. In vivo evaluation of a compact, implantable left ventricular assist system (LVAS). Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1983; 29:551-5. Included in “120 Most Important Papers published by ASAIO 1955 – 2003”, ASAIO Gold, 50th Anniversary Special Edition, June, 2004
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, GREEN GF, REAM AK, SHUMWAY NE. An alternative in end-stage heart disease: Long-term ventricular assistance. Heart Transplantation, 3:47-59, 1983.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, BEERING BK, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 82-83, 1983.
JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, RISING DL, LAFORGE DH, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Development of a Totally Implantable Electromechanical Left Ventricular Assist System. IEEE-SMC Conf, Bombay, 1983.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, GREEN GF, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, LEE J, RISING DL, REAM AK. An Implantable Integrated Left Ventricular Assist System, Utilizing a Balanced Solenoid Electrical Energy Converter and a Dual Pusher-Plate Blood Pump. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-02908-3, June 1983.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, GREEN GF, BEERING FK. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 24-25, 1982.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, BEERING FK, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 3-4, 1982.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, BEERING FK, GREEN GF. Development and Evaluation of the Belt Skin Transformer for Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-5, August 1982.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, GREEN GF, CONLEY MG, REAM AK. An Implantable Integrated Left Ventricular Assist System, Utilizing a Balanced Solenoid Electrical Energy Converter and a Dual Pusher-Plate Blood Pump. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-02908-2, May 1982.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, LAFORGE DH, BEERING FK. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 55-56, 1981.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, GINSBURG LA, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development of an Implantable Left Heart Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 38-39, 1981.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, BEERING FK, GREEN GF. Development and Evaluation of the Belt Skin Transformer for Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-4, August 1981.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LEE J, GREEN GF, LAFORGE DH, CONLEY MG, REAM AK. An Implantable Integrated Left Ventricular Assist System, Utilizing a Balanced Solenoid Electrical Energy Converter and a Dual Pusher-Plate Blood Pump. NIH-N01-HV-02908-1, Annu Rep, 1981.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, CONLEY MG, REAM AK. An Electromechanical (Solenoid) Energy Converter and Control System for a Clinical Left Ventricular Assist System. Final Rep, NIH-N01-HV-4-2914-7, PB 82 1922 87, March 1981.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J. Electrical energy transmission technique development. Annu Rep, NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-3, June 1980.
CHEN H, CONLEY MG, JASSAWALLA JS, OYER PE, PORTNER PM. Development of a left heart dual pusher-plate blood pump. Proc 33rd Ann Conf Eng Med Biol, 1980, p 164.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, pp 51-52, 1980.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, LAFORGE DH, LEE J, CONLEY MG, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development and In Vivo Evaluation of the Solenoid Actuated Left Ventricular Assist System. Proc Annu Contr Conf, DTB, NHLBI, p. 37, 1980.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, MAEDER PA, LEE J, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Through the Intact Skin Using the Belt Skin Transformer. Am Soc Artif Intern Organs, 1980.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, MAEDER PA, LEE J. Transcutaneous Energy for an Implanted Electrical Circulatory Support System Using Distributed Inductive Coupling. Proc Eur Soc Artif Organs, pp 109-112, 1979.
PORTNER PM, JASSAWALLA JS, CHEN H, CONLEY MG, MAEDER PA, LEE J. Development of a Left Heart Assist Blood Pump. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 21, 1979.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, LAFORGE DH, JASSAWALLA JS, LEE J, MAEDER PA, MIYAMOTO A. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 4, 1979.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, SKYTTE KW, LAFORGE DH, PETREK JS, LEE J, REAM AK, BILLINGHAM ME. Development and In Vivo Evaluation of the Solenoid Actuated Left Ventricular Assist System. Proceedings Annual Contractors Conference, DTB, NHLBI, p. 41, 1979.
PORTNER PM, LAFORGE DH, PITZELE S, MAEDER PA, LEE J, JASSAWALLA JS. Electrical Energy Transmission Technique Development. NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-2, Annual Report, June 1979.
PORTNER PM, PITZELE S, CHEN H, LEE J, JASSAWALLA JS. Electrical energy Transmission Technique Development. NIH-N01-HV-7-2933-1, Annual Report, June 1978.
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, JASSAWALLA JS, MILLER PJ, CHEN H, LAFORGE DH, SKYTTE KW. An implantable permanent left ventricular assist system for man. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1978; 24:99-103. Included in “The 25 Landmark Papers Published by ASAIO 1955 – 2003”, ASAIO Gold, 50th Anniversary Special Edition, June, 2004
PORTNER PM, OYER PE, MILLER PJ, JASSAWALLA JS, REAM AK, CORBIN SD, SKYTTE KW. Evolution of the solenoid-actuated left ventricular assist system: integration with a pusher-plate pump for intra-abdominal implantation in the calf. Artif Organs. 1978 Nov; 2(4): 402-12.
PORTNER PM, DONG E, GRIEPP RB, JASSAWALLA JS, LAFORGE DH, REAM AK. the solenoid actuated left ventricular assist system: Thoracic location of the energy converter in the calf. Proc 28th Ann Conf Eng Med Biol, 1975, p 353.