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Mock Circulatory System for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Endoluminal Prostheses, and Vascular Diseases
Author(s) -
Legendre Daniel,
Fonseca Jeison,
Andrade Aron,
Biscegli José Francisco,
Manrique Ricardo,
Guerrino Domingos,
Prakasan Akash Kuzhiparambil,
Ortiz Jaime Pinto,
Lucchi Julio Cesar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00569.x
Subject(s) - circulatory system , data acquisition , computer science , biomedical engineering , blood flow , flow (mathematics) , signal conditioning , simulation , medicine , cardiology , mathematics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system , geometry
A new digital computer mock circulatory system has been developed in order to replicate the physiologic and pathophysiologic characteristics of the human cardiovascular system. The computer performs the acquisition of pressure, flow, and temperature in an open loop system. A computer program has been developed in Labview programing environment to evaluate all these physical parameters. The acquisition system was composed of pressure, flow, and temperature sensors and also signal conditioning modules. In this study, some results of flow, cardiac frequencies, pressures, and temperature were evaluated according to physiologic ventricular states. The results were compared with literature data. In further works, performance investigations will be conducted on a ventricular assist device and endoprosthesis. Also, this device should allow for evaluation of several kinds of vascular diseases.