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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: ASAIO J. 2016 Jan-Feb;62(1):92–99. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000300

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Parametric analysis for various catheter inlet flow rates and temperatures demonstrating the average temperature of the (A) inner surface can be increased to a range that will augment bacterial killing without causing thermal injury. The insulating properties of polyurethane, however cause minimal temperature elevation of the (B) outer surface of the intravascular region of the catheter. Shaded regions represent the range of temperatures across all faces in the mesh for that surface. Also shown are the maximum temperature of the (C) plume from the catheter and the average temperature exiting the (D) SVC outlet. In all panels the dotted, dashed and solid lines represent physiologic temperature (37°C), bacterial inhibition temperature (45°C), and the thermal injury temperature (50°C).