Article in Membranes Journal

We are proud to share that we published a new paper – „A Validated CFD Model for Gas Exchange in Hollow Fiber Membrane Oxygenators: Incorporating the Bohr and Haldane Effects“ – in the open-access journal Membranes. The study, led by Seyyed Hossein Monsefi Estakhrposhti as first author, presents a new computational model to better understand how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in hollow-fibre membrane oxygenators — devices that play a vital role in supporting patients with severe respiratory failure.

By incorporating important physiological effects that are often overlooked in existing models, the team was able to create a much more realistic picture of how gas exchange happens under clinical conditions. Their work was carefully validated with experimental data and showed very high accuracy. This approach offers new opportunities for designing and testing future oxygenators more efficiently, with less reliance on costly and time-consuming laboratory trials.

This publication highlights the innovative research carried out within BioMembrOS, and also underlines how collaboration across engineering and biomedical sciences can help drive forward the next generation of artificial respiration technologies.

The full article is available open access in Membranes: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/15/9/268