Effect of low rate ratio and positioning on a lighthouse tip ECMO return cannula

QC 20230427
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a life-saving support therapy in the case of cardiopulmonary refractory failure. Its use is associated to complications due to the presence of artificial surfaces and supraphysiological stress conditions. Thus, knowledge of the fluid structures associated to each component can give insight into sources of blood damage. In this study, an experimentally validated numerical study of a conventional lighthouse tip cannula in return configuration was carried out to characterize the flow structures using water or a Newtonian blood analog with different flow rate ratios and cannula positioning and their influence on hemolysis. The results showed that strong shear layers developed where the jets from the side holes met the co-flow. Stationary backflow regions at the vessel wall were also present downstream of the cannula. In the tilted case, the recirculation was much more pronounced on the wide side and almost absent on the narrow side. Small vortical backflow structures developed at the side holes which behaved like obstacles to the co-flow, creating pairs of counter-rotating vortices, which induced locally higher risk of hemolysis. However, global hemolysis index did not show significant deviations. Across the examined flow rate ratios, the holes on the narrow side consistently reinfused a larger fraction of fluid. A radial force developed in the tilted case in a direction so as to recenter the cannula in the vessel.

Lemétayer, JulienKTH,Teknisk mekanik,Linné Flow Center, FLOW(Swepub:kth)u1bn7wio (författare)
Broman, Lars MikaelKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Prahl Wittberg, Lisa,Docent,1978-KTH,Teknisk mekanik,Linné Flow Center, FLOW(Swepub:kth)u1r2nb1w (författare)
KTHTeknisk mekanik (creator_code:org_t)

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