Conference Agenda

9:15am - 9:35am

The Need for Improved In-vitro Test Methods

Michael Simmonds

Griffith University, Australia

9:35am - 9:45am

The Porcine Abattoir Blood Model – Validation of Hemocompatibility Blood Parameters for in-vitro Testing

Maike Schönborn, Ilona Mager, Katharina Sofie Hardt, Ulrich Steinseifer, Johanna C. Clauser

Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany

9:45am - 9:55am

Real-time platelet observation setup for in-vitro hemocompatibility testing

Marlene Schadow¹, Richard Dunkel², Corentin Raveleau³, Simon Mendez³, Franck Nicoud^3,4, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Michael Neidlin¹, Johanna C. Clauser¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, University Hospital Aachen, Germany; ²Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; ³Institut Universitaire de France, IUF, France; ⁴IMAG, University of Montpellier, CNRS France

9:55am - 10:05am

Influence of Titanium Surface Roughness on a Nanoscale on the Zeta Potential and Platelet Adhesion

Isabell Esslinger^1,2, Michael Lommel^1,2, Florian Kießlich^1,2, Ulrich Kertzscher^1,2, Tim Bierewirtz^1,2

¹Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany; ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

10:05am - 10:15am

Blood Damage Potential of Resistance Clamps in In-Vitro Loops

Krishnaraj Narayanswamy¹, Xiangyu He¹, Andreas Escher¹, Leonie Schmitt¹, Martin Stoiber², Daniel Zimpfer¹, Marcus Granegger¹

¹Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanical Circulatory Support, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ²Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

10:15am - 10:25am

An Optical Sensor For Continuous Hemolysis Measurement

Patrick Borchers, Steffen Leonhardt, Marian Walter

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

10:25am - 10:35am

PUMPLESS IN VITRO OXYGENATOR HAEMOLYSIS SETUP

Nicolas Gendron, Marlene Schadow, Jan Heyer, Ulrich Steinseifer, Lasse J. Strudthoff, Johanna C. Clauser

Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Germany