Anatomy- and physiology-based environments for cardiac implant development

The aim of the project is to develop virtual and physical development tools that enable research and development activities for medical cardiac implants to be tested on a realistic model before being evaluated in animal studies. This is intended to reduce development time and costs through early virtual and physical testing of concepts. The virtual and physical development methods must be closely integrated to ensure the level of plausibility and continuous validation required in medical technology. While this is normally achieved through animal testing, the tools/methods are designed to allow visualization and testing solely through the integration of animal or human hearts.

Within this project, the CMS group focuses on concept development and numerical flow simulation.