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Previous Healthcare Projects
Centrifugal Blood Pump Modeling
For over ten years, the SimuTech Group has applied CFD in healthcare simulation for the design of left and right ventricular assist devices as well as total artificial hearts. Our focus has been on providing insight to help guide the development of these new blood pumps. The goal being to provide the desired hydraulic performance and also minimize regions of sustained high and low shear that could lead to blood damage or thrombus formation.
Patient-Specific Computational Modeling
An exciting and growing area of focus in healthcare is patient-specific computational modeling. Such modeling, based upon three-dimensional imaging reconstruction of a patient’s anatomy, can help clinicians plan their surgical approaches or evaluate a new device’s performance under simulated clinical conditions.
Click here to learn more about patient-specific computational modeling.
Artificial Kidney and Pancreas Projects
Another area of focus for the SimuTech Group has been in applying CFD to help advance the development of new artificial kidney and pancreas devices. In addition to optimizing the flow path to improve mass transfer, we have applied particle tracking methods to assess the likelihood of platelet activation when flowing through such devices.
Read how SimuTech Group is supporting the artificial kidney project.
Healthcare Simulation | Applications
Cardiovascular Devices
Pumps & Oxygenators
- Rotary blood pumps (CFD)
- Blood oxygenators (CFD)
- Blood heat exchangers (CFD)
- Miniaturized Blood Oxygenator (CFD)
- Cover for blood cell separator (FEA)
Cardiovascular Devices
Catheters & Devices
- Cardiac catheters (CFD)
- Atherectomy devices (CFD)
- Miniaturized implantable renal assist device (CFD)
- Laparoscopic fluid delivery device (CFD)
- Thermal balloon catheters (CFD)
Ophthalmology
- Replacement lens for cataracts surgery (FEA)
- Contact lens on cornea (CFD)
- Ophthalmic surgical simulators
- Visual Field VR-enabled perimetry platform
- Virtual reality simulator for intraocular surgery
Respiratory
- Particle deposition in the human lungs (CFD)
- Percussion bed simulation (FEA)
- Effect of mandibular repositioning device on airway of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (CFD)
Orthopedics
- Spinal implants (FEA)
- Surgical cooling device (CFD)
- MEMS drug delivery catheter (CFD)
- Medical imaging machine frame (FEA)
