![]() Modern rigid valves are made of plastic, carbon or metal. You can read a full history of the evolution of heart valves here. They open and close because of the deformation of flexible leaflets. Essentially a valve based on the principal of rigid body motion. The first prosthetic heart valve was a ball valve, introduced by Hufnagel and implanted in 1952 (see Ref. It is being estimated that worldwide roughly 250 000 prosthetic heart valves are being implanted each year. According to the CDC, roughly 2.5% of the US population suffers from Valvular Heart Disease, a disease or damage to any of the four valves in the heart. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a national public health institute in the US. Will I be able to simulate a trileaflet valve in two weeks time with nothing else than my three years old desktop and Simcenter STAR-CCM+? Read this blog to find out! What is a trileaflet heart valve and why care? A trileaflet heart valve (Source: ) A long-awaited opportunity to challenge my skills on an old pet project of mine – the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) modeling of a trileaflet heart valve. With the summer vacation period came the opportunity to focus only on work for two weeks. And while schools and day cares remain closed in some areas, parents continue to face the challenge of parallel work and childcare. Working from home has become the new normal for many of us. ![]() By Rafael Ritterbusch A long-awaited opportunity ![]()
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