Experimental Study of Collateral Patency following Overlapped Multilayer Flow Modulators Deployment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Phantom Geometry
2.2. MFM Devices
2.3. Micro-CT Imaging and Microstructure Evaluation
2.4. Circulation System
2.5. PIV Experiments
2.6. Flow Rate & Pressure Evaluation
- Acquire sensors values for 10 s without flow (zero initialization);
- Start the pump;
- Wait 30 s for the flow to stabilize;
- Start the acquisition of PIV images and sensors values for 30 s.
3. Results
3.1. Microstructure Analysis of the MFM Devices in 2 and 3 Dimensions
3.2. Flow Rate & Pressure Evaluation Reveal Branch Perfusion Preservation
3.3. Local Flow Analysis Evaluated by PIV at the LRA Bifurcation
3.4. Study Limitations
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model | 1 MFM | 2 MFMs | ||||||
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Location | LRA | RRA | LRA | RRA | ||||
Sample | – | – | outer | inner | both | outer | inner | both |
2D Porosity [%] | 61.3 | 66.4 | 64.2 | 64.9 | 39.0 | 63.6 | 67.0 | 38.0 |
3D Porosity [%] | 89.1 | 90.6 | 90.0 | 90.1 | 90.1 | 89.7 | 90.9 | 90.3 |
Specific surface area [mm−1] | 2.54 | 2.21 | 2.38 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.39 | 2.10 | 2.25 |
Pore density [mm−2] | 1.83 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 3.66 | 1.75 | 1.51 | 4.86 |
Pore size [mm2] | 0.71 ± 0.41 | 0.93 ± 0.45 | 1.08 ± 0.62 | 0.74 ± 0.41 | 0.22 ± 0.17 | 0.83 ± 0.50 | 0.68 ± 0.29 | 0.21 ± 0.16 |
Maximum pore size [mm2] | 1.31 | 1.50 | 1.90 | 1.33 | 0.60 | 1.59 | 1.05 | 0.55 |
Model | Flow rate [L/min] | Pressure [mmHg] | ||||||
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Inlet | LRA | RRA | Inlet | LRA | RRA | Aneurysm | Outlet | |
Control | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 0.498 ± 0.007 | 0.515 ± 0.007 | 83 ± 2 (0) | 69 ± 2 (14) | 69 ± 2 (14) | 82 ± 2 (1) | 81 ± 2 (2) |
1 MFM | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 0.492 ± 0.007 | 0.510 ± 0.007 | 82 ± 2 (0) | 69 ± 2 (13) | 68 ± 2 (14) | 81 ± 2 (1) | 80 ± 2 (2) |
2 MFMs | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 0.493 ± 0.007 | 0.506 ± 0.007 | 86 ± 2 (0) | 69 ± 2 (17) | 68 ± 2 (18) | 86 ± 2 (0) | 84 ± 2 (2) |
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Tupin, S.; Takase, K.; Ohta, M. Experimental Study of Collateral Patency following Overlapped Multilayer Flow Modulators Deployment. Fluids 2022, 7, 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7070220
Tupin S, Takase K, Ohta M. Experimental Study of Collateral Patency following Overlapped Multilayer Flow Modulators Deployment. Fluids. 2022; 7(7):220. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7070220
Chicago/Turabian StyleTupin, Simon, Kei Takase, and Makoto Ohta. 2022. "Experimental Study of Collateral Patency following Overlapped Multilayer Flow Modulators Deployment" Fluids 7, no. 7: 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7070220