Design and development of a mock circulation loop for blood pumps

• Main Author: Ou, Jianwen.
• Other Authors: Lim Tau Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16794
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Congestive heart failure is a condition where insufficient blood is circulated around the body resulting in poor perfusion and multiple organ failure. Just in America alone, heart failure accounts for approximately 250,000 deaths yearly. With the limited number of hearts available for transplant, pa...