ESAO CONGRESS 2026
Iasi, Romania
From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

14:00 - A PASSIVE BEATING HEART MOCK-LOOP WITH A NATURAL HEART TO ENABLE RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIAC DEVICE TESTING
Isabell Schulz
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory, Berlin, Germany

14:18 - PULSATILE BIOREACTOR FOR IN-VITRO ENDOCARDITIS STUDY IN HEART VALVE PROSTHESES

Sophie Becke
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory, Berlin, Germany

14:36 - PROLONGED ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY DURING EXTRACORPOREAL HEMOADSORPTION USING A VANCOMYCIN-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYSTYRENE-DIVINYLBENZENE SORBENT: AN IN VITRO STUDY
Sophie Brabandt
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Medical Center Rostock, Germany

14:54 - A NOVEL PLATFORM FOR THERAPEUTIC PLASMA EXCHANGE IN AWAKE RATS, WITH INTEGRATED TELEMETRIC CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING

Catalin Cezar Caratasu

Advanced Research and Development Center for Experimental Medicine “Ostin C. Mungiu” (CEMEX), “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

15:12 - A BOTTOM-UP BIOFABRICATION APPROACH TO MODELLING THE HUMAN INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IN VITRO

Lidija Gradisnik

Institute of biomedical sciences, Medical faculty Maribor, Slovenia