Stanford VIBE Lab
The Stanford Vascular Intervention Biomechanics & Engineering (VIBE) Lab focuses on understanding the mechanics of the cardiovascular system, especially with respect to interactions between medical devices and the dynamic cardiovascular environment. We use medical imaging, 3D geometric modeling, and custom deformation quantification techniques to investigate disease processes and medical device performance. We are interested in the dynamics of the heart, aorta, and peripheral vasculature, and are always seeking ways to apply our research to current and emerging therapies. While our research pursuits seek to add to the fundamental understanding of cardiovascular biomechanics, our projects are directly related to improving medical device design, evaluation, regulation, and their use in clinical practice.
Handbook of Vascular Motion
Handbook of Vascular Motion (PROSE Book Award Nominee by Elsevier) provides a comprehensive review of the strategies and methods to quantify vascular motion and deformations relevant for cardiovascular device design and mechanical durability evaluation. It also explains the current state of knowledge of vascular beds that are particularly important for the medical device industry. Finally, it explores the application of vascular motion to computational simulations, benchtop testing and fatigue analysis, as well as further implications on clinical outcomes, product development and business.
https://www.elsevier.com/books/handbook-of-vascular-motion/cheng/978-0-12-815713-8
www.amazon.com/Handbook-Vascular-Motion-Christopher-Cheng/dp/0128157135
“It’s exciting when a new field opens up — and that’s where we are with vascular motion. Dr. Cheng has provided a clear and highly readable overview of the medical and engineering science surrounding the motion of vessels and the consequences for treatments and technologies. As a bonus, the book is sprinkled with some intriguing hints of new things to come as clinicians, investigators, and inventors pursue this rapidly evolving area.“
Paul G. Yock – Interventional Cardiologist, Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine, Professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy), & Founder of Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
“This first of its kind textbook deals with topics that will gain increasing importance as endovascular grafts are increasingly used to treat vascular lesions. These endografts have to dwell and function in a hostile vascular environment governed by some of the forces described in this unique text. Overcoming these forces is a key challenge for the future. This book will help meet that challenge.“
Frank J. Veith – Vascular Surgeon, Professor of Surgery, New York University, New York, NY and Director of VEITHsymposium
CVID Conference
Cardiovascular Implant Durability Inc. (CVID) is a 510(c)(3) non-profit that focuses not only on how to make cardiovascular devices WORK, but how to make them LAST. We put together folks from medical device manufacturers, OEM and testing service providers, academia, and FDA, and focus on Boundary Conditions, Simulation and Design, and Experimental Mechanics.
