CAE Stress Field Analysis by Shape Factor of Artificial Organs for Aortic Root Replacement

The sinuses of Valsalva are known to contribute to the normal function. Therefore, the Valsalva graft is being widely used in the aortic root replacement. On the other hand, the artificial valve is developed by the regenerative medical techniques in some research groups. These devices are artificial...

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Published inTransactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 36 - 41
Main Authors KAMIMURA, Tadayuki, TAJIKAWA, Tsutomu, BANDO, Kiyoshi, SAKURAI, Atsushi, OHBA, Kenkichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering 10.02.2009
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Aortic valve
artificial valve
CAD/CAE
Valsalva sinus
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Summary:The sinuses of Valsalva are known to contribute to the normal function. Therefore, the Valsalva graft is being widely used in the aortic root replacement. On the other hand, the artificial valve is developed by the regenerative medical techniques in some research groups. These devices are artificial internal organs. It is desirable for the device to equip long-term durability. In this study, we computed the stress and the displacement in the sinus and the valvular leaflet by commercial software, which is composed by finite element method, in order to clear the between shape parameters and durability. As a result, deformations of the sinuses and leaflets are very small against the pressure loading on a model with sinus of Valsalva. And the rupture part of our developing artificial valve overlapped with very high stress region of the computational model. However, we could minimize the stress by fixing the leaflet shapes.
ISSN:1347-443X
1881-4379
DOI:10.11239/jsmbe.47.36