Design of bearingless centrifugal blood pump
Conventional centrifugal blood pumps have many disadvantages. The major drawback comes from the mechanical bearings. Blood tends to clot at mechanical bearings leading to thromboembolism, a serious medical condition of obstruction of blood vessels by clots. Other disadvantages include bulky structur...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/3717 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |