Key result
The developed cardiovascular simulator successfully replicated the physical characteristics of the cardiovascular system, including pulse wave transmission and reflection phenomena.
A newly developed cardiovascular simulator successfully replicates arterial pressure wave dynamics, offering a cost-effective in vitro tool for studying hemodynamic changes.
The conventional simulators used the expensive commercial artificial heart with a limited performance, and focused on replicating the heart function. The arterial pressure is the key factor of the cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study is to develop a simulator focused on the pressure wave. The simulator is composed of a step motor, slider-crank mechanism, piston-cylinder, two check valves, a elastic tube, and two reservoirs. With the changes of design parameters, the functions of the simulator were evaluated. The simulator shows the good agreement of the characteristics of the cardiovascular system.
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Lee et al. (2013) studied this question. Cardiovascular simulator focused on pressure wave was evaluated on Replication of cardiovascular pressure wave characteristics. The developed cardiovascular simulator successfully replicated the physical characteristics of the cardiovascular system, including pulse wave transmission and reflection phenomena.
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