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Blood pumps are integral parts of such devices, but traditional axial flow blood pumps have several shortcomings. In particular, they cause hemolysis and thrombosis due to the mechanical contact and wear of the bearings, and they cause blood stagnation due to the separation of the front and rear guide wheel hubs and the impeller hub. By contrast, the implantable axial flow, maglev blood pump has the characteristics of no mechanical contact, no lubrication, low temperature rise, low hemolysis, and less thrombosis. Extensive studies of axial flow, maglev blood pumps have shown that these pumps can function in laminar flow, transitional flow, and turbulent flow, and the working state and performance of such pumps are determined by their support mechanisms and flow channel. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an effective tool for understanding the physical and mechanical characteristics of the blood pump by accurately and effectively revealing the internal flow field, pressure\u2013flow curve, and shear force distribution of the blood pump. In this study, magnetic levitation supports were used to reduce damages to the blood and increase the service life of the blood pump, and a conical impeller hub was used to reduce the speed, volume, and power consumption of the blood pump, thereby facilitating implantation. CFD numerical simulation was then carried out to optimize the structural parameters of the conical axial maglev blood pump, predict the hemolysis performance of the blood pump, and match the flow channel and impeller structure. An extracorporeal circulation simulation platform was designed to test whether the hydraulic characteristics of the blood pump met the physiological requirements. The results showed that the total pressure distribution in the blood pump was reasonable after optimization, with a uniform pressure gradient, and the hemolysis performance was improved.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22041642","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,21]],"date-time":"2022-02-21T08:23:29Z","timestamp":1645431809000},"page":"1642","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["CFD-Based Flow Channel Optimization and Performance Prediction for a Conical Axial Maglev Blood Pump"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Weibo","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sijie","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Weihu","family":"Xiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yefa","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Magnetic Suspension, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Huachun","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"},{"name":"Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Magnetic Suspension, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ming","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"812","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)61889-4","article-title":"The war against heart failure: The Lancet lecture","volume":"385","author":"Braunwald","year":"2015","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","first-page":"83","article-title":"Structural design and numerical simulation of an implantable axial blood pump","volume":"1","author":"Yang","year":"2019","journal-title":"Open Access J. 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