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Perfecting a Life-Saving Blood Pump |
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RWTH Aachen University
Computational Analysis of Technical Systems (CATS) at the RWTH
Aachen University in Germany, use finite element analysis (FEA)
techniques using Apple Xserve clusters and Mac desktops using EnSight
post-processing software to analyze the results. For the full story,
click here.
CATS
engineers are working on a titanium tube approximately one inch in
diameter by three inches long. A tiny, four-ounce pump, whose design is
being continuously refined with the help of Apple and CEI technology,
is capable of keeping a cardiac patient alive by pumping 300 liters of
blood an hour.
The device pumps steadily, without a pulse.
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