Joshua Mackey Riley
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters prevent pulmonary embolism by capturing blood clots, or emboli, as they travel through the IVC. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has created a generic IVC filter to compare to current and future IVC filters seeking market approval. This study characterizes the filter's embolus trapping efficiency of nylon and bovine whole blood clot spheres during exercise conditions in an anatomical model of the IVC to validate existing computational models.
Major:
Biomedical Engineering
Exhibition Category:
Engineering
Exhibition Format:
Poster Presentation
Campus:
University Park
Faculty Sponsor:
Keefe Manning, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of Schreyer Honors College
Poster Number:
284