Measuring and testing – With fluid pressure – Dimension – shape – or size
Patent
1986-02-19
1987-07-28
Levy, Stewart J.
Measuring and testing
With fluid pressure
Dimension, shape, or size
73168, 738656, G01M 1900
Patent
active
046824910
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for testing prosthetic heart valves prior to implant in the human body provides a test chamber having a flow channel therethrough and a passageway which receives a mounting fixture for a heart valve. The test chamber is used in a mock circulatory loop with the flow channel being in the loop. Preferably, the test chamber has a transverse passageway that intersects the flow channel, and the mounting fixture advances completely through the test chamber from an insertion location to a disconnect location while a dynamic seal is maintained. Two such test chambers may be used in a mock loop, and the loop is configured with an intake chamber fluidly interconnecting one side of each test chamber, and a restriction chamber fluidly interconnecting the other sides of the test chambers. The restriction chamber is variable, and pressure compensation is provided between each of test chambers and the restriction chamber. A pump cyclically drives a fluid through the loop, and flow meters and pressure sensors monitor the test. A data processor monitors and processes the flow data and controls the pump to create a desired flow waveform. The test can also be visually and optically monitored.
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Levy Stewart J.
Martin Timothy J.
Roskos Joseph W.
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