The
Childrens Hospital, Denver, CO
University of Colorado Denver
Also
affiliated with:
Experimental
Fluids Laboratory
University
of Colorado, Boulder
Analytical,
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and Experimental Models
3D CFD models of various congenital heart disease lesions and surgical
connections
Mock circulatory pulsatile flow loops for valve testing,
Doppler imaging & calibration, 3D ultrasound validation, basic research
Accurate Flow Diagnostics Instrumentation
Particle
image velocimetry (PIV) and laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV)
Compliant transparent left ventricular model for 3D ultrasound
calibration studies
Testing of device design prototypes
MicroElectromechanical Devices in Cardiovascular Applications (MEDICA)
Research Center, an inter-campus research center focusing on MEMS technology in
the cardiovascular field
Electronic and mechanical device prototyping and testing.
Testing of Mechanical Heart Valves
Customers:
St. Jude Medical Inc., St. Paul, MN
Medical Carbon Research Inc.,
Houston, TX
3D Imaging and Finite Element Analysis of Flexible Heart Valve
Prostheses
Customer:
St. Jude Medical Inc., St. Paul, MN
Fluid Mechanical Design Optimization of a Novel Distal Protection
Filter
Customer:
SCIMED/Boston Scientific, Maple Grove, MN
Fluid Mechanics of a Centrifugal Blood Flow Pump
Customer:
Cobe Cardiovascular, Lakewood, CO
Doppler Evaluation of Cryopreserved Homografts
Customer:
Cryolife Inc., Kennesaw, GA
Robin Shandas, Ph.D., Director
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
(303) 837-2586
(303) 837-2595
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