Efficiency of Bard G2 Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter through tests with rigid spheres

Nicole Sylvia Price

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters serve as a preventative tool to capture blood clots before they reach vital organs. This study involved testing the trapping efficiency of a Bard G2 IVC filter using rigid spheres under standard resting physiological conditions. Tracking of the spheres was done to create trajectory plots of the sphere to characterize the movement of the sphere through the IVC. These data will be used for comparison to similar computational models.
Major: 
Biology
Exhibition Category: 
Engineering
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Keefe Manning, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Poster Number: 
445