Density‐graded cellular solids: mechanics, fabrication, and applications

O Rahman, KZ Uddin, J Muthulingam… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular solids have gained extensive popularity in different areas of engineering due to
their unique physical and mechanical properties. Recent advancements in manufacturing …

Biology and biomechanics of the heart valve extracellular matrix

KM Kodigepalli, K Thatcher, T West… - Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Heart valves are dynamic structures that, in the average human, open and close over
100,000 times per day, and 3× 109 times per lifetime to maintain unidirectional blood flow …

Mechanical considerations for polymeric heart valve development: Biomechanics, materials, design and manufacturing

RL Li, J Russ, C Paschalides, G Ferrari, H Waisman… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
The native human heart valve leaflet contains a layered microstructure comprising a
hierarchical arrangement of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans and various cell types. Here …

Fluid–structure interaction models of bioprosthetic heart valve dynamics in an experimental pulse duplicator

JH Lee, AD Rygg, EM Kolahdouz, S Rossi… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Computer modeling and simulation is a powerful tool for assessing the performance of
medical devices such as bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs) that promises to accelerate …

Bulk wave propagation analysis of imperfect FG bio-composite beams resting on variable elastic medium

H Xiao, M Habibi, M Habibi - Materials Today Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Bio-composites are outstanding alternatives to prevalent biomaterials in medical instruments
due to their supreme material properties. On the other hand, mechanical analyses of bio …

On the simulation of mitral valve function in health, disease, and treatment

MS Sacks, A Drach, CH Lee… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The mitral valve (MV) is the left atrioventricular heart valve that regulates blood flow between
the left atrium and left ventricle (LV) during the cardiac cycle. Contrary to the aortic valve …

An investigation of regional variations in the biaxial mechanical properties and stress relaxation behaviors of porcine atrioventricular heart valve leaflets

D Laurence, C Ross, S Jett, C Johns, A Echols… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The facilitation of proper blood flow through the heart depends on proper function of heart
valve components, and alterations to any component can lead to heart disease or failure …

Neural network approaches for soft biological tissue and organ simulations

MS Sacks, S Motiwale… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Given the functional complexities of soft tissues and organs, it is clear that computational
simulations are critical in their understanding and for the rational basis for the development …

Mechanics of the tricuspid valve—From clinical diagnosis/treatment, in-vivo and in-vitro investigations, to patient-specific biomechanical modeling

CH Lee, DW Laurence, CJ Ross, KE Kramer, AR Babu… - Bioengineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
Proper tricuspid valve (TV) function is essential to unidirectional blood flow through the right
side of the heart. Alterations to the tricuspid valvular components, such as the TV annulus …

A noninvasive method for the determination of in vivo mitral valve leaflet strains

BV Rego, AH Khalighi, A Drach, EK Lai… - … journal for numerical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of mitral valve (MV) function is important in many diagnostic, prognostic, and
surgical planning applications for treatment of MV disease. Yet, to date, there are no …