Figure 2
From: Interactive simulator for e-Learning environments: a teaching software for health care professionals
Overall modular configuration of the software simulator. Each block of the circulatory network, enclose “Mechanical Assist Device” and “Thoracic Artificial Lung” blocks, can be implemented as a combinations of “n” different sub-blocks. The generic block (or sub-block) can be implemented using different combinations of the three electrical networks A, B, or C realised by resistance (R), inductance (L) and compliance (C). Each block (or sub-block) has two inputs and two outputs representing flow (Q) and pressure (P).