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ArticleCardiovascular engineering and technology2022

Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction Study of a New Wave Membrane Blood Pump.

Marco Martinolli, François Cornat, Christian Vergara

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Article in Cardiovascular engineering and technology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marco MartinolliMOX, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
François CornatCorWave SA, Clichy, France.
Christian VergaraLaBS, Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. christian.vergara@polimi.it.ORCID 0000-0001-9872-5410
Politecnico di Milano · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWave membrane blood pumps (WMBP) are novel pump designs in which blood is propelled by means of wave propagation by an undulating membrane. In this paper, we computationally studied the performance of a new WMBP design (J-shaped) for different working conditions, in view of potential applications in human patients.

methodsFluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulations were conducted in 3D pump geometries and numerically discretized by means of the extended finite element method (XFEM). A contact model was introduced to capture membrane-wall collisions in the pump head. Mean flow rate and membrane envelope were determined to evaluate hydraulic performance. A preliminary hemocompatibility analysis was performed via calculation of fluid shear stress.

resultsNumerical results, validated against in vitro experimental data, showed that the hydraulic output increases when either the frequency or the amplitude of membrane oscillations were higher, with limited increase in the fluid stresses, suggesting good hemocompatibility properties. Also, we showed better performance in terms of hydraulic power with respect to a previous design of the pump. We finally studied an operating point which achieves physiologic flow rate target at diastolic head pressure of 80 mmHg.

conclusionA new design of WMBP was computationally studied. The proposed FSI model with contact was employed to predict the new pump hydraulic performance and it could help to properly select an operating point for the upcoming first-in-human trials.

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Heart-Assist DevicesComputer SimulationHumansModels, CardiovascularStress, MechanicalContact modelFluid–structure interaction simulationHemocompatibilityLeft ventricular assist deviceParametric analysisWave membrane blood pump

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