ML CathCAD® is the software solution that allows the User to analyze and predict the mechanical characteristics of MultiLumen Catheters and is based on the engineering fundamentals summarized in the article, Design Considerations in Small Diameter Tubing, which was the January, 2001 Cover Story in Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry (MDDI) magazine.
ML CathCAD® utilizes the same computational algorithms that are the basis for our single lumen composite tubing modeling program, CathCAD®. The computational algorithms are based on the following criteria:
- Mechanics of Materials
- Composite Laminate Theory
- The Tube Buckling model which utilizes the model described by the Brazier Effect
- Vendor material data sheets for standard materials utilized in medical products
- The software computational engine is NOT based on empirical or tabulated/measured data
Since the software’s inception over 270,000+ computational models have been loaded and run using the CathCAD® software.
