FLOW-RATE–PRESSURE CHARACTERISTICS OF A DISK BLOOD PUMP

An experimental model of a disk pump for pumping a liquid has been designed and fabricated. This model was tested on a special stand with the use of a 40% aqueous solution of glycerin whose hydrodynamical characteristics most closely correspond to those of blood. The results obtained lend credence to the view that an implantable blood pump can be developed on the basis of the disk pump
   
Author:  A. M. Chernyavskii, A. E. Medvedev, Yu. M. Prikhodko, V. M. Fomin, V. P. Fomichev, A. V. Fomichev, K. A. Lomanovich, T. M. Ruzmatov, and A. M. Karas′kov
Keywords:  disk pump, viscous fl uid, boundary layer
Page:  1475