Conference Agenda

EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF SUTURE PATTERNS AFTERENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY: A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS

I. Toniolo^1,2, A. Berardo^2,3, L. Polese^2,4, E. L. Carniel^1,2

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ²Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials, University of Padova, Italy; ³3 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ⁴Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Italy

VISCOELASTIC REGION-SPECIFIC INVERSE PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION FOR HUMAN BRAIN TISSUE

J. Hinrichsen¹, C. Ferlay^1,2, N. Reiter¹, F. Paulsen³, L. Bräuer³, S. Budday¹

¹Institute of Continuum Mechanics and Biomechanics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany; ²Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, France; ³Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

UNVEILING THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF COLLAGEN FIBERS FOR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS VIA A MULTISCALE MODEL

B. Sauty^1,2, C. Morin¹, M. Marino², S. Avril¹

¹Mines Saint-Etienne, U 1059 Sainbiose Saint-Etienne, France; ²Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

A COUPLED EXPERIMENTAL-COMPUTATIONAL METHOD TO STUDY THE PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTERS

M. V. Mascolini¹, I. Toniolo¹, F. Vittadello², G. Sarzo², C. G. Fontanella^1,3, E. L. Carniel^1,3

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; ²Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy; ³Centre for Mechanics of Biological Materials, University of Padova, Italy

SIMULATING THE INFLUENCE OF IN VITRO CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTIES OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART VALVES

E. Middendorp^1,2, J. Ghebryal^1,2, V. L. Visser³, P. Zaytseva³, S. E. Motta³, S. P. Hoerstrup^3,4, M. Y. Emmert^3,4,5, F. P. Baaijens^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ³Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Wyss Translational Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ⁵Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany

CLOSING THE GAP – A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE IN THE HORSE

J. Bollens¹, L. Gheysen¹, M. Verkade², J. Stael², A. Martens², P. Segers¹

¹Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Belgium; ²Department of Surgery, Anaesthesia and Orthopaedics of Large Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium

NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE CONTRACTILE BEHAVIOUR OF CARDIOMYOCYTES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH SCAFFOLDS

S. Spadoni¹, M. Confalonieri¹, S. Todros¹, P. G. Pavan^1,2

¹University of Padova, Italy; ²Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy

COMPUTATIONAL HOMOGENIZATION OF HISTOLOGICAL MICROSTRUCTURES IN HUMAN PROSTATE AND CANCER

C. Anderson¹, C. Ntala², A. Ozel¹, R. L Reuben¹, Y. Chen¹

¹Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²Department of Pathology, Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian, United Kingdom

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ABDOMINAL WALL BIOMECHANICS IN HEALTHY, PATHOLOGICAL AND POSTSURGICAL CONDITIONS

S. Todros¹, S. Spadoni¹, P. G. Pavan^1,2

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; ²Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy

MODELLING CELL INFILTRATION AND MIGRATION IN IN-SITU TISSUE ENGINEERED HEART VALVES

W. R. Stolk^1,2, E. Middendorp^1,2, M. van Turnhout¹, F. P. Baaijens^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

INVESTIGATING CONSTITUENT SPECIFIC LOAD BEARING IN THE CONTEXT OF SWELLING AND ARTERIAL ELASTIN COMPROMISE

Y. M. Abdel-Raouf¹, L. Maes², M. Peirlinck³, N. Famaey², P. Sips⁴, J. De Backer^4,5, J. D. Humphrey^6,7, P. Segers¹

¹IBiTech-BioMMedA, UGent, Belgium; ²BMe, KU Leuven, Belgium; ³BMechE, TU Delft, Netherlands; ⁴CMGG, UGent, Belgium; ⁵Dept. of Cardiology, UZ Gent, Belgium; ⁶Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, USA; ⁷Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale School of Medicine, USA

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF THE ISOMETRIC, CONCENTRIC AND EXCENTRIC CONTRACTION OF THE MOUSE SOLEUS AND EDL

Á. Heras Sádaba¹, J. Miana Mena², L. Moreno Martínez³, B. Calvo^1,4, J. Grasa^1,4

¹Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ²Departamento de Farmacología, Fisiología y Medicina Legal y Forense, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, Spain; ³Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), University of Zaragoza, Agroalimentary Institute of Aragon (IA2), Institute of Health Research of Aragon (IIS), Spain; ⁴Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBER-BBN), Spain