Design and simulation of a poly(vinyl alcohol)-bacterial cellulose nanocomposite mechanical aortic heart valve prosthesis

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

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 697-711

  Mohammadi, H ^a   Boughner, D ^a,b   Millon, L E ^a   Wan, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Bacterial cellulose; Finite element method; Mechanical heart valves; Non linearity; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

AORTIC HEART VALVES; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; GALERKIN; HEART VALVES; HYPER ELASTIC; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; MECHANICAL MODEL; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE; SURFACING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA);

ANISOTROPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARTILAGE; CELLULOSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; LIGAMENTS; LINEARIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; HEART; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; TISSUE;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ANISOTROPY; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; VALVES; VESSELS;

BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AORTIC VALVE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930406393     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM493     Document Type: Article

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