Biocompa­tibility

Ensuring compatibility through simulation

The compatibility of medical devices or implants with biofluids or the human body is a decisive property for many medical technology products. With the help of simulations, detailed, three-dimensional insights into biological and physiological processes are accessible that would not be possible experimentally, or only with immense effort. The experience of ASD in the areas of:

  • mechanical and thermal cell damage (haemolysis and denaturation)
  • flow-induced platelet activation
  • device-induced thrombus formation (white as well as red thrombus)
  • bone remodelling as a result of loads from implants
  • thermal bone damage, e.g. due to frictional forces when inserting the implant

allow targeted optimisation of medical devices and accelerate the development process.

Haemolysis

Application of complex analytical tools for the assessment of mechanical blood damage in medical devices

Read more »

Thrombosis

Flow analyses in the blood circulation with regard to the influence of vascular interventions and medications

Read more »