Modeling Blood Flow and Blood Damage in Medical Devices

About the Webinar

Blood-contacting medical devices present unique engineering challenges, requiring designers to evaluate not only functional performance but also how blood responds as it moves through the device.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) provides valuable insight into these complex flow environments, helping engineers assess hydraulic performance, identify conditions that may contribute to blood damage, and make more informed design decisions.

This webinar explores how CFD is used in the design and development of blood-contacting medical devices, from predicting device performance to evaluating hemolysis, platelet activation, and thrombus formation. The session will also address the importance of verification and validation and feature a practical demonstration based on the FDA benchmark centrifugal blood pump study.

What You Will Learn

• A structured workflow for modeling buoyancy-driven flow in Ansys Fluent
• How to validate natural circulation simulations against data
• How to identify and interpret 3D effects such as stratification and recirculation
• How CFD results can support system-level design and safety decisions

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