Atherectomy Soft Tissue Machining

My Role

  • • Designed and fabricated fixture for atherectomy machining to simulate internal grinding of a calcified artery.
  • • Conducted experiment with dynamometer and high speed camera with synchronized LabVIEW DAQ system.
  • • Modeled the behavior of grinding wheel shaft with elastic beam theory based on the experiment data.

 

Demonstration

Documentation

Time and Location

Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US

 

Team Members

Di Fu, Fangzhou Xia, Huijiao Guan, Sing Kiet Kong, Xingjian Lai