A computational and experimental comparison of two outlet stators for the Nimbus LVAD

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Burgreen, Grec W ^a   Antaki, James F ^a   Wu, Jon ^a   Le Blanc, Pieter ^b   Butler, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Nimbus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY ADVECTION; NIMBUS AXIAL FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; OUTLET STATORS; PARTICLE IMAGING FLOW VISUALIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL UNSTEADY VORTICAL FLOW STRUCTURE;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PUMP; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOGENICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0033491628     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199907000-00014     Document Type: Article

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4. Burgreen GW, Antaki JF, Butler KC: CFD-based design optimization of the outlet stator of a rotodynamic cardiac assist device. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) paper 98-4808. Proc 7th AIAA Symp on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, St Louis, MO, pp. 818-824, 1998.