Hai Bo Ma

The Influence of Suture Density on Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

This paper constructs the parametric model of the spherical heart valve via computer aided design, a series of accurate parameters of the bioprosthetic heart valve, such as the radius of the sutural ring, height of the supporting stent and inclination of the supporting stent are determined. The finite element method is used to determine the effect of the suture density on the dynamic properties of the bioprosthetic heart valve. The finite element analysis results show that the suture has a significant effect on the dynamic properties of the leaflets. The peak stress with different suture density is quite different and the stress distribution with higher suture density is more reasonable than that with lower suture density. In addition, the suture density has more effect at the top of the attachment edge than the other parts of the valve leaflets. This work is very helpful to manufacture the bioprosthetic heart valve with long term durability.

Finite Element Analysis of Bioprosthetic Heart Valve on Suture Densities

In order to improve long-term durability of bioprosthetic heart valve, stress distribution of bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets with different shapes and suture density under the same load is analyzed and compared based on finite element method.The finite element analysis results are compared with each valve model, it shows that suture density has a significant effect on the dynamic behavior of the bioprosthetic heart valve, which may lead not only to different stress peak values, but also to different stress distributions and deformation. This work can be very helpful when manufacturing the bioprosthetic heart valve.

The Geometric and Material Nonlinear Analysis of the Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

This paper constructs four types of bioprosthetic heart valve’s parametric model via computer aided design, a series of accurate parameters of the bioprosthetic heart valve, such as radius of the sutural ring, height of the supporting stent and inclination of the supporting stent are determined. The finite element method is used to analyze the mechanical properties of the bioprosthetic heart valve in which geometric non-linearity and material non-linearity are all taken into account. The finite element analysis results show that the shape of the bioprosthetic has a significant effect on the mechanical performance of the valve. The stress distribution of ellipsoidal valve leaflets is comparatively reasonable. It has lower peak von-Mises, smaller stress concentration area than the other three types of valve leaflets. This work is very helpful to manufacture valvular leaflets with reasonable shapes and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

Nonlinear Analysis of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves under Dynamic Loading

In order to investigate the effect of material nonlinearity on the dynamic behavior of bioprosthetic heart valve, we establish the spherical, cylindrical and ellipsoidal leaflets models with the material model of Mooney-Rivlin. The mechanical behavior of bioprosthetic valve leaflet during diastolic phase is analyzed. The finite element analysis results show that the stress distributions of the ellipsoidal and spherical valve leaflets are comparatively reasonable. The ellipsoidal and spherical valve leaflets have the following advantages over the cylindrical leaflet valve, lower peak von-Mises stress, smaller stress concentration area, and relatively uniform stress distribution. This work is very helpful to manufacture reasonable shaped valvular leaflets，thus to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

Stress Analysis of the Biopresthetic Heart Valve with Different Thickness

The stress with different shapes under the same load is analysed and the thickness of the leaflets 0.2mm and 0.4mm is compared by us. We creat the spherical, paraboloidal and ellipsoidal curved surfaces in accordance with geometrical features. The experimental results of the finite element analysis show that stress distribution of the same bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets with different thickness is different. The maximal primary stress with the thickness of 0.4mm is lower than the others.With the same thickness,the stress of the ellipsoidal valve leaflets is lower. This work is very helpful to manufacture reasonable shaped valvular leaflets and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

Influence of Different Shapes to the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

The stress with different shapes of the same thickness of the leaflet under the same load is analysed and compared by us. We create the spherical and ellipsoidal curved surface in accordance with geometrical features. The experimental results of the finite element analysis show that stress distribution of the different bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets with the same thickness is different. This work is very helpful to manufacture reasonable shaped valvular leaflets and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

Influence of Material Thickness to the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Bioprosthetic Heart Valve

The paper constructs one type of bioprosthetic valve leaflets’ parametric model via computer aided design, a series of accurate parameters of the bioproshtetic heart valve, such as radius of the sutural ring, height of the supporting stent and inclination of the supporting stent, are determined. Numerical simulation is used to determine the effect of one shape design on the mechanical performance of the bioprosthetic valve leaflet. The stress with a shape under the same load is analysed and the thickness of the leaflets 0.5mm and 0.6mm is compared by us. We creat a ellipsoidal surface in accordance with geometrical features. The experimental results of the finite element analysis show that stress distribution of the same bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets with different thickness is different. The maximal primary stress with the thickness of 0.5mm is lower than the others. This work is very helpful to manufacture reasonable shaped valvular leaflets and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

Dynamic Analysis of Three Types of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

This paper constructs three types of bioprosthetic valve leaflets’ parametric model via computer aided design, a series of accurate parameters of the bioproshtetic heart valve, such as radius of the sutural ring, height of the supporting stent and inclination of the supporting stent, are determined. Numerical simulation is used to determine the effect of different shape designs on the mechanical performance of the bioprosthetic valve leaflet. The dynamic behavior of the valve during diastolic phase is analyzed. The finite element analysis results show the stress distribution of the ellipsoidal and spherical valve leaflets are comparatively reasonable. The ellipsoidal and spherical valve leaflets have the following advantages over the cylindrical leaflet valve, lower peak von-Mises stress, smaller stress concentration area, and relatively uniform stress distribution. The ellipsoidal and spherical valve leaflets may contribute to the long term durability of the valve. This work is very helpful to manufacture valvular leaflets with reasonable shapes and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.

The Nonlinear Analysis of the Biopresthetic Heart Valve

In order to improve long-term durability of bioprosthetic heart valve, we take the spherical,paraboloidal,cylindrical and the ellipsoidal leaflets for nonlinear analysis and the material is orthotropic.The experimental results of the finite element nonlinear analysis show that when the leaflets with the material orthotropic is closed,the deformation of the symmetric edge is larger than else. The stress distribution of the cylindrical, spherical, paraboloidal and ellipsoidal valve leaflets is quite different. The ellipsoidal valve leaflets have more advantages than the cylindrical, spherical, paraboloidal valve leaflets.This work is very helpful to manufacture reasonable shaped valvular leaflets and to prolong the lifetime of the bioprosthetic heart valve.