1st Edition
Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices
Often associated with artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices (VADs) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices reviews constructive details of VADs and the biomaterials used in their development and support.
FEATURES
- Establishes an area of intersection between engineering and medicine
- Shows process development from mechanical design to automation and control
- Discusses biofunctional materials, tribology in ceramic biomaterials, biosensors, and surface engineering and blood
This text is aimed at advanced students, researchers, and practicing engineers conducting work on VADs and will be of interest to a broad interdisciplinary group, including bioengineers, materials engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, and electrical engineers.
Chapter 1 VAD Design
Aron J. P. Andrade, Gustavo C. Andrade, Juliana Leme, and Bruno U. Silva
Chapter 2 Electromechanical Actuators
Breno Y. T. Nishida and Rogerio L. de Souza
Chapter 3 Cardiovascular System Simulators
Jeison Willian Gomes da Fonseca, Breno T. Y. Nishida, and Gustavo C. de Andrade
Chapter 4 Control Systems
Bruno Jesus dos Santos and Tarcísio F. Leão
Chapter 5 Supervisory and Intelligent Systems
Marcelo Barboza, José Ricardo de Sousa Sobrinho, Jonatas Dias, and Diolino José dos Santos Filho
Chapter 6 Safety and Security
André Cavalheiro
Part II Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices
Chapter 7 Hemocompatibility, Hemolysis, Cell Viability, and Immunology
Wesley L. Fotoran
Chapter 8 Computational Hemodynamics
Guilherme B. Lopes Jr, Luben Cabezas-Gómez, and Raquel J. Lobosco
Chapter 9 Biofunctional Materials
Rosa Corrêa Leoncio de Sá
Chapter 10 Bioceramics for VADs
Fernando dos Santos Ortega
Chapter 11 Tribology in Ceramic Biomaterials
Rodrigo Lima Stoeterau
Chapter 12 Surface Engineering of Biomaterials by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation
César A. Antônio, Rosana F. Antônio, Elidiane C. Rangel, and Nilson C. Cruz
Chapter 13 Additive Manufacturing for VADs
Adriana Del Monaco De Maria and Evandro Drigo
Chapter 14 Laser Additive Manufacturing for the Realization of New Material Concepts
Wilhelm Pfleging and Juliana dos Santos Solheid
Chapter 15 Biosensors
Bruno Jesus dos Santos and Henrique Stelzer Nogueira
Chapter 16 Optics and VADs
Isac K. Fujita and Sergio Y. Araki
Biography
Eduardo Guy Perpétuo Bock is Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Bioengineering and Biomaterials at the Department of Mechanics in Federal Institute of São Paulo since 2007. He is Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering by University São Judas Tadeu, Masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering by State University of Campinas. He worked as Field Engineer in Angel Medical Systems in Shrewsbury, New Jersey; Assistant Professor in FAAP, São Paulo; and Project Intern in Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He has filed the patent “Implantable equipment for temporary life support of patients waiting for heart transplantation”. In addition, he had published 3 books, 14 chapters and 44 papers in scientific journals with 427 citations. He has experience in the field of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, with emphasis on Bioengineering acting mainly on the following themes: Biomaterials, Tribology, Numerical Simulation, Control Systems, Artificial Organs, Artificial Heart, Ventricular Assist Devices and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
"This edited volume focuses on the engineering and blood-materials interactions in ventricular assist devices (VADs). These are complex marvels of the medical field and a success story of biomedical engineering in the 20th century. All the authors come from academic institutions in Brazil, but the work is general, and interest in it is not limited to this geographical region. A well-organized overview of VADs precedes more-detailed concepts, including actuators, simulation circuits, and control systems. Some autobiographical information related to contributing authors will interest students of the history and social aspects of biomedical science. Informative tables offer quantitative, clinically relevant information on VAD devices. Equations, data graphs, and diagrams are well used, and sparing use of color figures enhances understanding. The biomaterials chapters are less quantitative, by their nature, although they will likely still interest practitioners and students of the field. This is a very well done review and a useful reference: readers are offered an in-depth appreciation of the recent history of this field."
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals.
—M. R. King, Vanderbilt University, Choice, October 2022
