Computational and functional evaluation of a microfluidic blood flow device

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Gilbert, Richard J ^a,b   Park, Hyesung ^a   Rasponi, Marco ^c   Redaelli, Alberto ^c   Gellman, Barry ^b   Dasse, Kurt A ^b   Thorsen, Todd ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Levitronix LLC   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; ELASTOMERS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PRESSURE DROP;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; BLOOD FLOW DEVICE; CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; HUMAN ORGAN FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL BLOOD FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOMETRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PERFUSION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERFUSION; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547679635     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3180a5e8ab     Document Type: Article

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