Project

Patient-specific finite element fatigue of cardiovascular implants

Code
178BL0913
Duration
01 January 2013 → 31 December 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedics
    • Human movement and sports sciences
    • Rehabilitation sciences
    • Orthopaedics
Keywords
cardiovasculaire implants
 
Project description

The overall objective of this project is to improve the current vermoeiingstestprocedures cardiovascular implants by charging more realistic, patient-based load conditions. This will allow manufacturers to develop better and safer implants, which represents an improvement for the patient.