title: A device for wear resistance tests of artificial heart valves.
abstract: According to the International Standard ISO 5840: 1990 the wear resistance test is a necessary step in the development and production of artificial heart valves (AHV). In developing the device, it is important that a reliable prediction is made of AHV longevity, as a number of specific problems appear that are connected with the results of tests, duration of testing, efficiency and reliability of the testing device. In this paper a procedure is outlined of service life testing of mechanical AHV and a description of the device is given. A comparative example of loads acting on AHV, operating in the accelerated wear testing device and in the pulse duplicator of the physiological mode is also described.
authors: Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
authors: Y V
authors: YV
authors: Gorshkov
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Evdokimov
authors: V S
authors: VS
authors: Kombalov
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical