Tissue Engineering

Computer Simulation Helps Design Synthetic Blood Vessels

Published in Blood Weekly, April 26th, 2001

A team of engineers and surgeons led by Dr. Clement Kleinstreuer, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, is using computer simulation to pioneer new, experimental methods of designing synthetic arteries, veins, and bypass grafts.

The goal of the research is to design biocompatible synthetic blood vessels that promote smooth, even blood flow.

If successful, the research, which is now in the virtual prototyping stage, would be a boon for patients whose blood vessels are damaged or partially occluded, such as patients at risk of stroke due to arterial plaque buildup, or dialysis patients who must endure...

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