A New Blood Pulsation Simulator Platform Incorporating Cardiovascular Physiology for Evaluating Radial Pulse Waveform.

ABSTRACT: To meet the need for "standard" testing system for wearable blood pressure sensors, this study intends to develop a new radial pulsation simulator that can generate age-dependent reference radial artery pressure waveforms reflecting the physiological characteristics of human cardiovascular system. To closely duplicate a human cardiovascular system, the proposed simulator consists of a left ventricle simulation module, an aorta simulation module, a peripheral resistance simulation module, and a positive/negative pressure control reservoir module. Simulating physiologies of blood pressure, the compliance chamber in the simulator can control arterial stiffness to produce age-dependent pressure waveforms. The augmentation index was used to assess the pressure waveforms generated by the simulat

SUBMITTER: Yang TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6388329 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature