Abstract: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is employed in this paper to study the cavitation flow near a damping groove of a valve plate inside an axial piston pump. Effects of common U-shaped ...

The Impella device (Impella, Abiomed, Danvers, MA) is a percutaneous transvalvular microaxial flow pump that is currently used for (1) cardiogenic shock, (2) left ventricular unloading (combination of ...