Affiliation:
1. School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China
2. Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co, Ltd Shenzhen China
3. Department of Cardiac Surgery Wuxi Mingci Cardiovascular Hospital Wuxi China
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundCorheart 6 (Corheart) is a newly developed magnetically levitated continuous‐flow left ventricular assist device currently undergoing multicenter clinical trials in China. Featuring a small size, minimal weight, and low power consumption, the Corheart aims to improve pump hemocompatibility, reduce adverse events, and enhance the quality of life of heart failure patients.MethodsComputational simulations assessed flow field, shear stress, and washout, while in vitro and in vivo experiments were performed to further demonstrate hemocompatibility.ResultsNumerical results show that the flow path in the Corheart blood pump is well designed. There is no significantly high shear stress in the majority of the flow domain. Short secondary flow paths and small pump size (small priming volume) provide good washing (0.049 and 0.165 s to remove 55% and 95% old blood, respectively), allowing low hemolysis levels both in computational and in vitro hemolysis tests (in vitro hemolysis index ranges from 0.00092 ± 0.00006 g/100 L to 0.00134 ± 0.00019 g/100 L). Good hemocompatibility was further evidenced by ten 60‐day sheep implants tested with relatively low flow rates of 2.0 ± 0.2 L/min; the results showed no hemolysis or thrombosis.ConclusionsNumerical and experimental results shed light on the fluid dynamics characteristics and hemocompatibility of the Corheart. It is believed that the Corheart will provide more promising possibilities for minimally invasive implantation techniques and for those patients with a small body surface area.
Subject
Biomedical Engineering,General Medicine,Biomaterials,Medicine (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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