Newsletter  2016.2  Index
          
            
              Theme : "The Conference of Fluid Engineering Division" 
                
                  - Preface
 
                  D.SAKAGUCHI, M.OSHIMA, H.FUJII, M.MOTOZAWA 
                  -                     Fluids Engineering supporting Artificial Heart
 
                  Takashi YAMANE (Kobe University) 
                  - Foam measurement via a single-tip optical fiber probe with surface treatment
 
                  Ayumi NIHEI, Takayuki  SAITO (Shizuoka  University) 
                  - Visualization of a process of ultrasonic particle flocculation depending on dissolved gas components in water
 
                  Sayuri  YANAI, Hiroya  MURAMATSU, Yuki  MIZUSHIMA, Takayuki  SAITO (Shizuoka  University) 
                  - Research for Cerebral Aneurysm Recanalization After Coil Embolization Using CFD
 
                    Soichiro FUJIMURA (Tokyo University of Science)  
                  - A Water Bed, Yasutaka
 
                  Naoya  UENE (National  Institute of Technology, Yonago College)  
                  - Music Awa ~Music hour~
 
                    Shuhei  HATTORI, Ikuma  EMORI (National  Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ) 
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          Fluids Engineering supporting Artificial Heart
          
            
                
               
                Takashi YAMANE 
                  Kobe University
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          Abstract
          Historical trend of pump types for implantable ventricular  assist devices is described from a pulsatile type to a rotary type, so-called  first to third generations. Bearing systems governing durability of VAD are  explained from mechanical bearings to non-contact bearings such as a magnetic  bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. Hemocompatibility is also described  regarding hemolysis, thrombus formation, and VWF break from a fluid dynamic  view point.
          Key  words
          Ventricular assist device, Centrifugal pump, Hydrodynamic bearing,  Hemocompatibility
 
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