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The cardiovascular dynamics laboratory has multiple experimental platforms to study the hemodynamics and mechanics of native, prosthetic and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement devices. These simulators integrate with clinical imaging modalities, providing flexible avenues to validate new technologies per ISO 5910 standards. A list of platforms are summarized below and shown on the right.
Key equipment:
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The preclinical laboratory was developed to rapidly take new concepts and devices from design stages to advanced preclinical studies.
High throughput physiology & biocompatibility lab
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The cellular and molecular biology laboratory is setup to perform biological and histological analysis of tissue from different models. This lab consists of three parts: (a) Cell culture facility with incubators and microscopy; (b) biomaterial electrospinning system; and (c) material and tissue mechanical testing core.
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Our lab is equipped with a small machine shop that serves our day to day needs for designing and prototyping new implants. In addition to the prototyping we have a basic electrical and electronics shop in our lab to build small components that are required for our research. Major equipment in this lab includes:
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