Magnetic suspension of the rotor of a ventricular assist device of mixed flow type.

abstract：:In this study a highly biocompatible polymer membrane was prepared by surface modification. An artificial cornea was also developed for clinical applications. Silicone rubber (SR) membrane was grafted with hydrophilic monomers such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and acrylic acid by plasma induced grafted polyme...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hsiue GH,Lee SD,Chang PC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of our study was to investigate chondrogenesis potential of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), using as a positive control a human source of cartilage-derived progenitor cells (PCs). This source of PCs was recently described by our group and dwells on the surface of nasoseptal cartil...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Baptista LS,Silva KR,Pedrosa CS,Amaral RJ,Belizário JV,Borojevic R,Granjeiro JM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are presently no short-term in vitro fatigue tests available that can predict long-term in vivo performance of elastomers in physiological environments. Thus, the introduction of new and better elastomers for cardiovascular applications is hampered in the development stage by lack of data about which materials s...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： McMillin CR

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outgrowth of endothelial cells in an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft implanted in the canine inferior vena cava was studied by scanning electron microscopy. The adjacent endothelial cells of the vena cava started to invade the anastomotic area three days after the implantation and reached approximately the ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Ishimaru S,Berglin E,Hansson HA,Teger-Nilsson AC,William-Olsson G

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplanted allogeneic marrow grafts often fail to engraft in a lethally irradiated host. Resistance to hemopoietic allograft is a complexed phenomenon involving multiple components. To study the involvement of a hemopoietic cytokine, which was known to play a role for stem cell function, we established lines of mice...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kokai Y,Kimura H,Matsuura A,Fujimoto J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with the design of a controller for cycling induced by functional electrical stimulation. The controller will be exploitable in the rehabilitation of hemiparetic patients who need to recover motor symmetry. It uses the pulse width as the control variable in the stimulation of the two legs in order to ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Ambrosini E,Ferrante S,Schauer T,Ferrigno G,Molteni F,Pedrocchi A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest a survival advantage for dialysis patients treated by postdilutional online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) who achieve higher volume convective exchanges. As such, the factors associated with achieving higher convective volume exchange were determined. The convective exchange volumes during the midw...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Davenport A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) release has been implicated in a sepsis-like syndrome following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This also may be important in patients who have had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted. This report investigates the effect of reducing systemic blood flow on hemodynamic...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Uozaki Y,Dihmis WC,Yamauchi H,Moczar M,Miyama M,Pasteau F,Tixier D,Bambang SL,Loisance DY

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta2-microglobulin (beta2M) selective adsorbent (Lixelle) for direct hemoperfusion has been used for the treatment of hemodialysis patients with the long-term complication of dialysis related amyloidosis (DRA), but there is no significant correlation between the serum level of beta2M and the occurrence of DRA. Infl...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tsuchida K,Takemoto Y,Nakamura T,Fu O,Okada C,Yamagami S,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DexAide right ventricular assist device (RVAD) has been developed to provide an implantable RVAD option to surgeons. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal cannula design and optimal implantation location of the DexAide RVAD in preparation for its clinical use. Separately, a HeartMate XVE left ventricu...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Ootaki Y,Ootaki C,Kamohara K,Akiyama M,Cingoz F,Kopcak MW Jr,Dessoffy R,Liu J,Massiello A,Horvath D,Chen JF,Zhou Q,Benefit S,Golding LA,Fukamachi K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood flow through the hemofilter device is the key point for ultrafiltrate production during continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration. It mainly depends on arteriovenous pressure gradient and vascular access, which is the major problem for arteriovenous hemofiltration in infants and small children. In infants, we ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Zobel G,Trop M,Beitzke A,Ring E

更新日期：1988-02-01 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：:Artificial cells are prepared in the laboratory for medical and biotechnological applications. Encapsulated cells are being studied for the treatment of diabetes, liver failure, and other conditions. More recently, there have been extensive studies into the use of encapsulated genetically engineered cells for gene the...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Chang TM

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled and repeatable in vitro evaluation of cardiovascular devices using a mock circulation loop (MCL) is essential prior to in vivo or clinical trials. MCLs often consist of only a systemic circulation with no autoregulatory responses and limited validation. This study aimed to develop, and validate against huma...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Gregory SD,Pauls JP,Wu EL,Stephens A,Steinseifer U,Tansley G,Fraser JF

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five typical mechanical heart valves (Starr-Edwards, Björk-Shiley convexo-concave (c-c), Björk-Shiley monostrut, Bicer-Val, and St. Jude Medical) were tested in the mitral position under the pulsatile flow condition. The test program included measurements of velocity and turbulent stresses at 5 downstream locations. T...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Akutsu T,Modi VJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel method to simultaneously evaluate thromboresistance of two different types of drip chambers with a filter used in extracorporeal blood circuits for hemodialysis using canine arteriovenous shunt models. Bilateral bypasses between the femoral artery and vein on both sides of the animal were for...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yamazaki M,Kobayashi K,Mori Y,Satoh T,Kubota S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic arch repair in newborns and infants has traditionally been accomplished using a period of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. To reduce neurologic and cardiac dysfunction related to circulatory arrest and myocardial ischemia during complex aortic arch surgery, an alternative and novel strategy for cerebro-myoc...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hoxha S,Abbasciano RG,Sandrini C,Rossetti L,Menon T,Barozzi L,Linardi D,Rungatscher A,Faggian G,Luciani GB

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A physiological controller is a key component to optimize the performance of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) from short term to long term (10-20 years). The difficulties of its design lie in the inaccurate modeling of any particular human cardiovascular system because of limited knowledge, the large fluctuatio...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wu Y,Allaire PE,Tao G,Adams M,Liu Y,Wood H,Olsen DB

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design criteria of an extracorporeal circuit suitable for pulsatile flow are quite different and more entangled than for steady flow. The time and costs of the design process could be reduced if mutual influences between the pulsatile pump and other extracorporeal devices were considered without experimental trial...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Pennati G,Fiore GB,Laganà K,Fumero R

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a new powering system for implantable medical devices that could significantly increase their lifetime. The idea is based on the substitution of the usual implantable device battery for an electric accumulator (rechargeable battery), which is fed by the electric power generated by a photovoltaic...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Algora C,Peña R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP) and other hemoglobin-related substances on arterial blood pressure (ABP) and heart rate (HR) were examined. Infusion of PHP and other hemoglobin-related substances elevated ABP and increased HR. The degree of the increase in ABP and HR did not dif...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kida Y,Maeda M,Iwata S,Iwashita Y,Goto K,Nishi K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes two ongoing numerical studies of fluid-structure interaction in the cardiovascular system: an idealized pulsatile ventricular assist device (VAD), consisting of two fluid chambers separated by a flexible diaphragm; and blood flow and heart wall motion during passive filling of a canine heart. Si...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Doyle MG,Vergniaud JB,Tavoularis S,Bourgault Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We were encouraged to investigate the reasons for large amounts of foam observed in bloodlines during hemodialysis (HD). Foam was visible in the venous air trap within the Artis Gambro dialysis device. Estimates of the extent of foam were graded (0-no foam, 10-extensive foam) by two persons that were blind to the type...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Jonsson P,Lindmark L,Axelsson J,Karlsson L,Lundberg L,Stegmayr B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hip arthroplasty (THA) can be achieved by using a cemented or noncemented prosthesis. Besides patient's age, weight, and other clinical signs, the evaluation of the quality of the bones is a crucial parameter on which orthopedic surgeons base the choice between cemented and noncemented THA. Although bone density...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Gargiulo P,Pétursson T,Magnússon B,Bifulco P,Cesarelli M,Izzo GM,Magnúsdóttir G,Halldórsson G,Ludvigsdóttir GK,Tribel J,Jónsson H Jr

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Veno-venous extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) can provide sufficient gas exchange even in most severe cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Commercially available systems are manually controlled, although an automatically controlled ECLA could allow individualized and continuous adaption to clinical requiremen...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kopp R,Bensberg R,Stollenwerk A,Arens J,Grottke O,Walter M,Rossaint R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential clinical usefulness of a modified hemoglobin, pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene conjugate (PHP), the hindlimb vascular bed was perfused with PHP solution while monitoring tissue oxygen tension (PtO2) in anesthetized dogs. The hindlimb region was perfused through the external iliac arte...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kida Y,Yamakawa T,Iwasaki S,Furusho N,Kadowaki Y,Iwata S,Iwashita Y,Nishi K

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For introduction of a left atrial (LA) cannula by the transseptal puncture technique, we examined the feasibility of using biplane transesophageal echocardiography (B-TEE). A transseptal puncture was performed on 15 patients (3 male; 12 female; mean age, 48.9 +/- 11.2 years) by B-TEE guide during percutaneous transven...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kyo S,Motoyama T,Miyamoto N,Noda H,Dohi Y,Omoto R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis remains difficult and often controversial. Plasma exchange has been advocated in some cases. In the present study 71 sessions of double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) were performed in 21 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in an average of 3.7 +/- 1.1 sessions per patient within...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Liu JD,Zhang C,Li WS,Lun LD

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple observational studies along with a limited number of randomized clinical trials suggest that intensive hemodialysis (IHD) not only improves outcomes for uremic patients undergoing chronic dialysis but does so with a more favorable cost/benefit ratio compared with conventional hemodialysis. As a result of this...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Naso A,Scaparrotta G,Naso E,Calò LA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Features of the human spinal cord motor control are described using two spinal cord injury models: (i) the spinal cord completely separated from brain motor structures by accidental injury; (ii) the spinal cord receiving reduced and altered supraspinal input due to an incomplete lesion. Systematic studies using surfac...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Dimitrijevic MR,Persy I,Forstner C,Kern H,Dimitrijevic MM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00