Cadaver fitting study of the DexAide right ventricular assist device.

abstract：:Cybernetics-based concepts can allow for complete independence for paralyzed individuals, including sensory motor recovery. Spinal cord injuries are responsible for a huge stress on health and a financial burden to society. This article focuses on novel procedures such as functional diagnosis for paraplegics and tetra...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Varoto R,Cliquet A Jr

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microsystems based visual prosthesis (MiViP) visual prosthesis generates visual perceptions well below safety and stimulator saturation limits. These perceptions, called phosphenes, are of reasonably small size and are broadly distributed in the visual field. They can thus be used to convey useful visual informati...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Delbeke J,Wanet-Defalque MC,Gérard B,Troosters M,Michaux G,Veraart C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the effect of elective left heart decompression at the time of initiation of central venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) on VA ECMO duration and clinical outcomes in children in a single tertiary ECMO referral center with a large pediatric population from a national referra...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hacking DF,Best D,d'Udekem Y,Brizard CP,Konstantinov IE,Millar J,Butt W

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of temperature on cerebral oxygen metabolism at total body flow bypass and antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP). Neonatal piglets were put on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with the initial flow rate of 200mL/kg/min. After cooling to 18°C (n=6) or 25°C (n=7), flow was reduce...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Sasaki T,Boni L,Riemer RK,Yeung JT,Ramamoorthy C,Beckman R,Gisner C,Shuttleworth P,Hanley FL,Reddy VM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is an important primary etiology of end-stage renal disease as well as a major factor responsible for progression of renal disease due to other causes. Multiple genetic and environmental factors are responsible for the variable prevalence of hypertension in various parts of the world. Although the frequen...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： El-Khashab O

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developments in apheresis techniques and their clinical applications world-wide are technologically driven. In the past, apheresis survey statistics have high-lighted both the differences by region in clinical practice and in the types of technologies utilized. Such differences have provided a basis for the scient...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Malchesky PS,Bambauer R,Horiuchi T,Kaplan A,Sakurada Y,Samuelsson G

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common method of controlling acidemia during lung-protective ventilation is CO₂ removal with an extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) system. Another possibility to prevent acidemia is based on intravenous (i.v.) application of tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane (3 mol/L, THAM) buffer, which can bind hydrogen proton...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Russ M,Deja M,Ott S,Bedarf J,Keckel T,Hiebl B,Wagner JJ,Unger JK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotary ventricular assist devices (VADs) are primarily used during surgery and short-term postoperative assistance. There are issues involving the use of rotary VADs including the behavior of flow emanating from the assist device which might induce flow irregularities that could potentially lead to stroke or cerebrova...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Manning KB,Miller GE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast cell culture was performed to evaluate cell adhesion and cell morphology on novel hydrolyzable copolymers composed of poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PDLA) macromonomer, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), and n-butyl methacrylate. The copolymers were used as cell culture materials for regulating the int...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Watanabe J,Ishihara K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a preliminary investigation to establish a cryopreservation method suited for bioartificial livers (BALs), three-dimensional (3-D) cryopreservation experiments with fibroblasts were performed, in which the cells were firstly seeded into a porous scaffold, and the scaffold containing the cells was then cryopreserved...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Miyoshi H,Ehashi T,Ohshima N,Jagawa A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a ventricular assist device is depicted. The seven subprograms that make up the project are described briefly. Results obtained during the clinical assay showed that the new design of the input cannula working as a false auricle provides better efficiency, as well as a certain level of autoregulatio...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： del Cañizo JF,Antoranz JC,Desco MM,Alvarez-Valdivielso JM,Fernandez-Caleya D,López M,Garcia-Barreno P,Duarte J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon introducing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the indications for CABG were expanded to include patients who previously had no operative indications. For accurate anastomosis, various devices and methods have been developed. Bradycardia is easily induced by drug administration. However, this method...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kuniyoshi Y,Koja K,Miyagi K,Shimoji M,Uezu T,Arakaki K,Yamashiro S,Mabuni K,Senaha S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the precise mechanism of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), serum hyaluronic acid (HA), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured in 71 chronic hemodialysis patients with or without CTS and/or shoulder pain. Patients were divided into two gr...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Takasu S,Takatsu S,Kunitomo K,Kokumai Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capillary membrane filters are devices commonly used for plasmapheresis and recirculating detoxification systems, including plasmaseparation units. Besides clinical trials and case reports, research on plasmafiltration techniques is carried out using in vitro systems. Notably, such hemoperfused in vitro systems requir...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Unger JK,Haltern C,Dohmen B,Rossaint R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major problems with existing centrifugal pumps are leakage, mechanical trauma, and thrombus formation. In consideration of these problems, a new compact centrifugal pump system was developed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the new centrifugal pump system clinically. Ten patients underwent open heart sur...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Ninomiya J,Shoji T,Tanaka S,Ikeshita M,Ochi M,Yamauchi S,Yajima T,Yamauchi H,Sugimoto T,Aizawa T

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a new miniaturized implantable bladder controller that is composed of 4 main parts: a volume monitoring device based on the tomography approach, a fully programmable miniaturized central processor and stimulator, a bidirectional data and power link, and an external controller. The proposed system ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Sawan M,Arabi K,Provost B

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As known from patients with pulsatile ventricular assist devices (VADs), early mobilization, physical exercise, and return to normal life are essential for optimal recovery. Recently, implantable rotary pumps became available for extended left ventricular support as bridges to transplantation. Modified procedures are ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wieselthaler GM,Schima H,Dworschak M,Quittan M,Nuhr M,Czerny M,Seebacher G,Huber L,Grimm M,Wolner E

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coil-type silicone membrane oxygenators can only be used with roller blood pumps due to the resistance from the high blood flow. Therefore, during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment, the combination of a roller pump and an oxygenator with a high blood flow resistance will induce severe hemolysis, whi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Motomura T,Maeda T,Kawahito S,Matsui T,Ichikawa S,Ishitoya H,Kawamura M,Nishimura I,Shinohara T,Oestmann D,Glueck J,Kawaguchi Y,Sato K,Nosé Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores a quantitative evaluation of blood damage that occurs in a continuous flow left ventricular assist device due to fluid stress. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is used to track the shear stress history of 388 particle streaklines. The accumulation of shear and exposure time is integrated...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Song X,Throckmorton AL,Wood HG,Antaki JF,Olsen DB

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the first in vivo experiments with a new type of valveless ventricular assist device, a wave-generating pump. Our goal was to evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the pump by comparing it with the Biomedicus BP-80 centrifugal pump and by sustaining a 3 h long left ventricular assistance. We co...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Feier H,Mekkaoui C,Drevet JB,Sérée Y,Richomme C,Rolland PH,Mesana TG

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of hemoperfusion (HP) through coated resin adsorbent Synachrom E-5 in animal intoxications with organophosphate inhibitors of cholinesterases type of nerve agents. Five anesthetized dogs were intoxicated with 2 to 6 LD50 of VX substance and another 4 with 2 to 3 LD5...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Monhart V,Fusek J,Brndiar M,Tlustakova M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study two aspects of hybrid functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthoses were investigated: joint motion constraints and FES control strategies. First, the effects of joint motion constraints on the gait of normal subjects were investigated using modern motion analysis systems, including electromyogram (EM...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yang L,Granat MH,Paul JP,Condie DN,Rowley DI

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to assess the effect of nitric oxide added to the sweep gas of the oxygenator during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants on platelet count, platelet function, clinical outcomes, and safety. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial in infants less than a year of age undergoi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Niebler RA,Chiang-Ching H,Daley K,Janecke R,Jobe SM,Mitchell ME,Varner C,Woods K,Scott JP

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different methods are used, clinically and experimentally, to assist severely impaired heart function by means of skeletal muscle. The efficiency of these methods is restricted by skeletal muscle losing strength after transpositioning and during conditioning and not being sufficiently resistant to fatigue. This is mai...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Lanmüller H,Sauermann S,Unger E,Schnetz G,Mayr W,Bijak M,Girsch W

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulatory requirements for introducing medical device and diagnostic products into commercial distribution in the United States. For any specific product, the requirements vary depending upon the product's associated risks, classification, and...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Morton WA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Symbion Acute Ventricular Assist Device (AVAD) System is an experimental paracorporeal pulsatile ventricular assist device (VAD) for single or biventricular assist. Eleven patients were implanted but 2 died within 24 h and were excluded from the study. Nine patients, four with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Icenogle TB,Smith RG,Cleavinger M,Vasu MA,Williams RJ,Sethi GK,Copeland JG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we presented main strategies for suspending the rotor of a mixed-flow type (centrifugal and axial) ventricular assist device (VAD), originally presented by the Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology (IDPC), Brazil. Magnetic suspension is achieved by the use of a magnetic bearing architecture in w...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： da Silva I,Horikawa O,Cardoso JR,Camargo FA,Andrade AJ,Bock EG

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in plasma sodium (Na) concentration during hemodialysis were predicted by changes in Na concentration of the dialysate at equilibrium with the plasma, according to the formula C't = CD - (CD - C'0) [(V0 - QFt)/V0]A/QF, where C'0 and C't are the Na concentration of the dialysate at equilibrium with the plasma a...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Man NK,Petitclerc T,Tien NQ,Jehenne G,Funck-Brentano JL

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been developing a new type of centrifugal pump for long-term use. The magnetically suspended centrifugal pump (MSCP) contains no shaft and seal so that long life expectancy is predicted. Paracorporeal left ventricular (LV) assist circulation between the left atrium and the descending aorta was instituted using...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yamada T,Nishimura K,Park CH,Kono S,Yuasa S,Tsukiya T,Akamatsu T,Matsuda K,Ban T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When cavitation occurs near a material surface of a mechanical heart valve (MHV), pits on the surface of the MHV and hemolysis are caused. Therefore, it is very important to investigate the possibility of the occurrence of cavitation in an MHV. To study the possibility of cavitation occurrence in a 25 mm Björk-Shiley ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Lee H,Tsukiya T,Homma A,Taenaka Y,Tatsumi E,Takano H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00