Time-Compression Technologies Magazine Archive 2002 (and backfills for previous years)
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Author Anna Turnage
Source Time Compression Technologies. v7 n5 Sept., 2002, pp 35-8
Abstract 3-D photography, rapid inspection and CAD/CAM software bring the total artificial heart closer to reality. Today, medical institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland, OH) are working to create a Total Artificial Heart (TAH) that will bring life to patients without access to a donor. Advanced technology in materials such as polymers and metals, new 3-D photography, and rapid inspection software and traditional CAD/CAM software are bringing researchers closer to their goal. One of the most critical issues with the TAH is how the blood flows through the device. Cleveland Clinic researchers determined that the best way to ensure a proper flow pattern was to reverse engineer the complex geometries of the blood pump housings in the TAH. Weber turned to Advanced Design Concepts (ADC) (Pewaukee, WI) - a 3-D modeling and CAD service bureau - to supply a surface model and a 3-D solid model representation of the chamber. XX
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