Rotor vanes geometry improvement of a pediatric ventricular assistance device through experimental methods.

• Grant number: 19/10393-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2019
• End date: June 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Bioengineering
• Principal Investigator: Aron Jose Pazin de Andrade
• Grantee: Larissa Lourenço do Vale
• Host Institution: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia (IDPC). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/50342-6 - Institutional development plan in research (PDIp), AP.PDIP

Abstract

To improve the rotor vanes geometry of a pediatric ventricular assistance device by means of comparative tests of hydrodynamic performance.