Biomedical Simulation for Device Innovation

By using COMSOL Multiphysics® for biomedical simulation, engineers and scientists can create and test designs and processes virtually, taking into account all factors that impact the safety and efficacy of medical devices and treatments. This streamlines the development and regulatory processes for creating new and better products while reducing costs and the need for in vitro and in vivo testing.

Real-World Biomedical Simulation Examples

The COMSOL Multiphysics® software features a consistent user interface, regardless of engineering application and physics phenomena. For simulation in the medical device field, add-on products provide specialized functionality and multiphysics interfaces and couplings for fluid flow, heat transfer, structural mechanics, electromagnetics, and other physics involved in modeling the complexity of the human body and biomedical applications.

Left Ventricular Assist Devices

A model of a magnetically levitated rotor showing the direction of the magnetic field in the rotor with small arrows and the magnitude of the magnetic field in the rotor and stator in a rainbow color scale.

Abbott designs a life-supporting left ventricular assist device (LVAD) with multiphysics simulation.

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Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

A plot of the thermal distribution of the reaction site of a silicon MEMS chip used for DNA synthesis shows a red lemon-shaped heat concentration fading through the rainbow color scale as it extends outward.

Evonetix uses simulation to design a MEMS chip for on-demand DNA synthesis.

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MRI Safety

3 side-by-side simulations comparing RF heating in an open-bore and a closed-bore MRI system.

MED Institute models RF heating for MRI safety of implanted medical devices.

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Drug Efficacy and Safety

A screenshot shows input fields and results plots in the user interface of a simulation app created by Amgen to determine whether the concentration of ethylene oxide in a container is high enough to meet sterilization standards.

Amgen deploys custom simulation apps to enhance its process development, operations, and R&D with modeling insights.

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