TY - GEN
T1 - Simulating the dynamics of an aortic valve prosthesis in a pulse duplicator
T2 - ASME 2013 Conference on Frontiers in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation, FMD 2013
AU - Griffith, Boyce E.
AU - Flamini, Vittoria
AU - DeAnda, Abe
AU - Scotten, Lawrence
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Each year, approximately 50,000 aortic valve replacement operations are performed in the United States, but despite decades of development, many of the limitations of aortic valve prostheses remain consequences of the fluid dynamics induced by the replacement valve. We aim to develop detailed fluidstructure interaction (FSI) models of aortic valve prostheses mounted within a ViVitro Systems, Inc. pulse duplicator. Here, we describe numerical methods for simulating FSI with rigid structures, such as the leaflets of a mechanical heart valve, and we present initial three-dimensional simulation studies of the fluid dynamics of a St. Jude Regent bileaflet valve prosthesis.
AB - Each year, approximately 50,000 aortic valve replacement operations are performed in the United States, but despite decades of development, many of the limitations of aortic valve prostheses remain consequences of the fluid dynamics induced by the replacement valve. We aim to develop detailed fluidstructure interaction (FSI) models of aortic valve prostheses mounted within a ViVitro Systems, Inc. pulse duplicator. Here, we describe numerical methods for simulating FSI with rigid structures, such as the leaflets of a mechanical heart valve, and we present initial three-dimensional simulation studies of the fluid dynamics of a St. Jude Regent bileaflet valve prosthesis.
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U2 - 10.1115/1.4025768
DO - 10.1115/1.4025768
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896342837
SN - 9780791856000
T3 - ASME 2013 Conference on Frontiers in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation, FMD 2013
BT - ASME 2013 Conference on Frontiers in Medical Devices
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Y2 - 11 September 2013 through 13 September 2013
ER -