Medical testbed systems are used to mimic various physiological conditions of the vascular system. There are current designs for medical testbed systems that can help researchers to experiment with new interventional methods and physicians to practice procedures that will treat cardiovascular diseases. However, there is a need to economically design a tissue-mimicking and anatomically accurate human artery simulator. This project aims to design, fabricate, and validate an artery simulator that can represent calcified atherosclerotic lesions and simulate different pressure waveforms of blood flow within the body. The final design consists of an artery model made of clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which connects to a diaphragm and piston pump in series, separated by a back-pressure regulator and check valve. Design verification methods showed that the system was able to successfully achieve an anatomically accurate structure and pressure waveform of blood flow.

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Creator

• Miragliotta, Nicolo
• Sorpol, Isadora
• Rosenthal, Marc
• Nason, Michael
• Paiz, Victor

Subject

• Health
• Innovation
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 103796
• E-project-041823-143622

Parola chiave

• Public Health
• Medical Intervention Practices
• Medical Care
• Medical Technologies

Advisor

• Zheng, Yihao
• Zhang, Ziming

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2023-04-18

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Source

• E-project-041823-143622

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2023-06-23