PULSATILE FLOW CELL FOR FATIGUE AND THROMBOSIS STUDIES OF BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES.

Problems associated with the durability of different designs of mechanical and treated bioprosthetic heart valves have been significant. This paper presents an new pulsatile flow simulator, specifically designed for conducting investigations on platelet adhesion, chemical adsorption, and fatigue life-time of bioprosthetic heart valves (in clinical use and in the development phase). It primarily reports on the pulsatile flow cell and its …