Implantable electromechanical displacement blood pumps [Elektronische Ressource] : systematic design and validation methods / vorgelegt von Paul Barteld Kwant

Implantable electromechanical displacementblood pumps: systematic design andvalidation methodsVon der Fakultät für Maschinenwesen derRheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen zurErlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors derIngenieurwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonPaul Barteld Kwantaus Amersfoort (Niederlande)Berichter: Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. G. RauUniv.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. CorvesUniv.-Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. T. Schmitz-RodeTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 30. November 2007Diese Dissertation ist auf den Internetseiten der Hochschulbiblio-thek online verfügbar.PrefaceHereby, I would like to thank everyone, who has contributedto this investigation during my traineeship, diploma thesis anddoctoral thesis at the Helmholtz Institute, RWTH-Aachen.Firstly, I would like to thank both Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat.G. Rau and Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing. T. Schmitz-Rodefor giving me the opportunity to work at the Helmholtz Institute.This doctoral thesis has benefitted greatly from their supervisionand advice. I also thank Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Corves for hissupport and thorough reading of the manuscript.I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. U. Steinseifer andProf. H. Reul. They established a department of cardiovascularengineering with highly-innovative investigations. I thank them,mycolleaguesandmystudentsforthegoodworkingclimate. IamespeciallygratefultoDipl.-Ing. T.Finocchiaro,Dr.