Main description:

Often associated with artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices (VADs) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices reviews constructive details of VADs and the biomaterials used in their development and support.

FEATURES

Establishes an area of intersection between engineering and medicine

Shows process development from mechanical design to automation and control

Discusses biofunctional materials, tribology in ceramic biomaterials, biosensors, and surface engineering and blood

This text is aimed at advanced students, researchers, and practicing engineers conducting work on VADs and will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary group, including bioengineers, materials engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, and electrical engineers.

Contents:

Part I Bioengineering in Ventricular Assist Devices

Chapter 1 VAD Design

Aron J. P. Andrade, Gustavo C. Andrade, Juliana Leme, and Bruno U. Silva

Chapter 2 Electromechanical Actuators

Breno Y. T. Nishida and Rogerio L. de Souza

Chapter 3 Cardiovascular System Simulators

Jeison Willian Gomes da Fonseca, Breno T. Y. Nishida, and Gustavo C. de Andrade

Chapter 4 Control Systems

Bruno Jesus dos Santos and Tarcisio F. Leao

Chapter 5 Supervisory and Intelligent Systems

Marcelo Barboza, Jose Ricardo de Sousa Sobrinho, Jonatas Dias, and Diolino Jose dos Santos Filho

Chapter 6 Safety and Security

Andre Cavalheiro

Part II Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices

Chapter 7 Hemocompatibility, Hemolysis, Cell Viability, and Immunology

Wesley L. Fotoran

Chapter 8 Computational Hemodynamics

Guilherme B. Lopes Jr, Luben Cabezas-Gomez, and Raquel J. Lobosco

Chapter 9 Biofunctional Materials

Rosa Correa Leoncio de Sa

Chapter 10 Bioceramics for VADs

Fernando dos Santos Ortega

Chapter 11 Tribology in Ceramic Biomaterials

Rodrigo Lima Stoeterau

Chapter 12 Surface Engineering of Biomaterials by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

Cesar A. Antonio, Rosana F. Antonio, Elidiane C. Rangel, and Nilson C. Cruz

Chapter 13 Additive Manufacturing for VADs

Adriana Del Monaco De Maria and Evandro Drigo

Chapter 14 Laser Additive Manufacturing for the Realization of New Material Concepts

Wilhelm Pfleging and Juliana dos Santos Solheid

Chapter 15 Biosensors

Bruno Jesus dos Santos and Henrique Stelzer Nogueira

Chapter 16 Optics and VADs

Isac K. Fujita and Sergio Y. Araki