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4 - Simulation of a Heart Valve

MERL offers comprehensive product development, design analysis and fatigue life prediction services to the medical industry.

The example below demonstrates the use of FEA to analyse the performance of artificial tri-leaflet heart valve. FEA was also used to perform crack growth analysis to predict the fatigue life of heat valve with different grades of polymers. (Example shown with permission of AorTech Europe).

 
 
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