AB180 Blood Pump

The AB180 blood pump is the small rotating blood pump discussed in 86.打开一颗心：那美好的仗，我已经打过了. The source says [[StephenWestaby|Stephen Westaby / 史蒂芬·维斯塔比]] learned about the device while looking for ways to support failing hearts beyond ordinary transplant availability.

Its central source case is Julie, a 21-year-old viral-myocarditis patient. The episode says the AB180 was restricted in the United States to last-resort use, but Westaby used it outside normal approval in a British setting after warning from a medical director. Julie survived even when monitors showed no normal pulse, because the pump maintained circulation until recovery became possible.

The device matters to the wiki as a concrete example of High-Risk Surgical Innovation. It links Artificial Heart Bridge Therapy, Medical Device Clinical Validation, and Bureaucratic Risk Avoidance: a device can be risky, insufficiently routine, and still clinically decisive when the alternative is near-certain death.

Connections

• [[StephenWestaby|Stephen Westaby / 史蒂芬·维斯塔比]] - surgeon who uses the device in the episode’s Julie case.
• Artificial Heart Bridge Therapy - mechanical circulation as bridge, rescue, or recovery support.
• Medical Device Clinical Validation - validation and adoption boundary around medical devices.
• Bureaucratic Risk Avoidance and Medical Risk Management - institutional permission and clinical-risk tradeoff.