Rapid manufacturing techniques in the development of an axial blood pump impeller

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 469-475

  Chan, W K ^a   Wong, Y W ^a   Chua, C K ^a   Lee, C W ^a   Feng, C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axial blood pump impeller; Computational fluid dynamics; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; LASER APPLICATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAPID PROTOTYPING; 3D PRINTERS; COSTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; LASER HEATING; MANUFACTURE; PUMPING (LASER); SINTERING;

AXIAL BLOOD PUMP IMPELLER; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PILOT PROJECTS; RHEOLOGY;

AXIAL BLOOD PUMPS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING COST; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

EID: 1442355281     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544110360729108     Document Type: Article

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