Design and fabrication of a mechanically matched vascular graft

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rachev, Alexander ^a   Felden, Luc ^a   Ku, David N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial grafts; mechanic matching; nonlinear solid mechanics; optimal design

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GRAFTS; AXIAL FORCES; FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCE; LARGE CLASS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANIC-MATCHING; NONLINEAR SOLID MECHANICS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; ORTHOTROPIC SOLIDS; ROBUST TECHNOLOGY; SYNTHETIC BIOMATERIALS; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DESIGN; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; GRAFTS; MECHANICS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; ELASTICITY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CRYOGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CRYOGELS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 80054863353     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004533     Document Type: Article

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