Evaluating medical device and material thrombosis under flow: current and emerging technologies

JK Hong, L Gao, J Singh, T Goh, AM Ruhoff… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Although blood-contacting medical devices are used widely, blood clot formation
(thrombosis) leads to device failure and potentially catastrophic adverse thrombotic events …

The platelet shape change: biophysical basis and physiological consequences

AE Moskalensky, AL Litvinenko - Platelets, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The well-known platelet shape change is the universal hallmark of activation. This review
uncovers the biophysics underlying this rapid and dramatic transformation. We aim to give a …

Digital blood in massively parallel CPU/GPU systems for the study of platelet transport

C Kotsalos, J Latt, J Beny, B Chopard - Interface Focus, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We propose a highly versatile computational framework for the simulation of cellular blood
flow focusing on extreme performance without compromising accuracy or complexity. The …

Novel stenotic microchannels to study thrombus formation in shear gradients: influence of shear forces and human platelet-related factors

M Lui, EE Gardiner, JF Arthur, I Pinar, WM Lee… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thrombus formation in hemostasis or thrombotic disease is initiated by the rapid adhesion,
activation, and aggregation of circulating platelets in flowing blood. At arterial or pathological …

Review of in silico models of cerebral blood flow in health and pathology

S Payne, TI Józsa, WK El-Bouri - Progress in Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we provide a summary of the state-of-the-art in the in silico modelling of
cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its application in in silico clinical trials. CBF plays a key role in …

Characterization of red blood cells agglutination based on stochastic collision electrochemical technique

N Li, M Du, Y Meng, H Xue, F Cao, HY Hsu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hemagglutination assays are important for blood group typing, alloantibodies screening and
biomarkers detecting. Simple and sensitive approach for both detecting and quantifying …

Lattice Boltzmann method for modelling of biological phenomena

R Noël, F Ge, Y Zhang, L Navarro… - 2017 25th European …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper suggests a new methodology based on the Lattice Boltzmann Method for the
modelling of complex biomechanical systems. The LBM can be applied for different …

Spherization of red blood cells and platelet margination in COPD patients

K Zouaoui Boudjeltia, C Kotsalos… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Red blood cells (RBCs) in pathological situations undergo biochemical and conformational
changes, leading to alterations in rheology involved in cardiovascular events. The shape of …

Modeling sensitivity and uncertainties in platelet activation models applied on centrifugal pumps for extracorporeal life support

G Fuchs, N Berg, LM Broman, L Prahl Wittberg - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Two platelet activation models were studied with respect to uncertainties of model
parameters and variables. The sensitivity was assessed using two direct/deterministic …

Shear induced diffusion of platelets revisited

C Kotsalos, F Raynaud, J Lätt, R Dutta… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The transport of platelets in blood is commonly assumed to obey an advection-diffusion
equation with a diffusion constant given by the so-called Zydney-Colton theory. Here we …