Finite element analysis of stresses developed in the blood sac of a left ventricular assist device

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Haut Donahue, T L ^a   Dehlin, W ^a   Gillespie, J ^a   Weiss, W J ^b   Rosenberg, G ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Finite element analysis; LVAD; SPEUU

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELS; 3D FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; ARTIFICIAL HEART; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; EJECTION PHASE; FE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC TESTING; HYPER ELASTICS; IN-VIVO; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; LVAD; MATERIAL DEFORMATIONS; MATERIAL RESPONSE; NON LINEARITIES; OUTLET PORTS; POLYURETHANE UREAS; QUASI-STATIC ANALYSIS; RATE SENSITIVES; SPEUU; TENSION AND COMPRESSION PROPERTIES; TENSION AND COMPRESSIONS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD; ETHERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POLYMERS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THREE DIMENSIONAL; UREA;

STRAIN RATE;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION;

BLOOD PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 62849105989     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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