Capsicum spp. are widely cultivated for use as vegetables and spices. The Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Japan, has stocks of approximately 800 lines of Capsicum… (More)
The mechanism underlying targeting of the nuclear membrane to chromatin at the end of mitosis was studied using an in vitro cell-free system comprising Xenopus egg membrane and cytosol fractions, and… (More)
The helical flow pump (HFP) is a novel rotary blood pump invented for developing a total artificial heart (TAH). The HFP with a hydrodynamic levitation impeller, which consists of a multi-vane… (More)
2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE…
2010
The undulation pump ventricular assist device (UPVAD) is a small implantable ventricular assist device using an undulation pump. The UPVAD can produce pulsatile flow by changing the motor rotation… (More)
Animal experiments using a total artificial heart in a goat are not easy to perform. The fourth model of the undulation pump total artificial heart (UPTAH4), which was designed to perform a long-term… (More)
2013 35th Annual International Conference of the…
2013
To realize a total artificial heart (TAH) with high performance, high durability, good anatomical fitting, and good blood compatibility, the helical flow TAH (HFTAH) has been developed with two… (More)
This paper proposed an electroosmotic (EO) pump-based novel type of fluidic system. This system consists of one EO pump, one flow sensor, two indirect pumping mechanisms, one fuel cell and two… (More)
2013 35th Annual International Conference of the…
2013
Development have been achieved of a new blood pump for next generation Percutaneous Cardio-Pulmonary Support (PCPS) system and a novel surface coating method for silicone membrane hollow fiber by… (More)
2013 35th Annual International Conference of the…
2013
The helical flow pump (HFP) is newly developed blood pump for total artificial heart (TAH). HFP can work with lower rotational speed than axial and centrifugal blood pump. It can be seen reasonable… (More)
The helical flow pump (HFP) was invented to develop a total artificial heart at the University of Tokyo in 2005. The HFP consists of the multi-vane impeller involving rotor magnets, a motor stator… (More)