Proposal for a cost-effective centrifugal rotary blood pump: design of a hybrid magnetic/hydrodynamic bearing

The growing worldwide prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as chronic heart failure (CHF) highlights the need for an effective treatment method. Annually, there are an estimated 17.5 million deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases worldwide, representing 30% of all global deaths; of the...

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Main Author: Hilton, Andrew
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13919/