• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.207-212
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• 1996

We developed pneumatic blood pump and its driving system as a pediatric ventricular assist device. The blood pump is diaphragm type system and its blood contacting area is coated with Bio-Span. The driving unit Is consists of dual pumps, valves for the reliable blood pumping and its controller uses 80C196(Intel) as a main processor. The acute animal experiment was performed with dogs and its body weight is about 20 kg. The maximum cardiac output is about 2.1 l/min and the pressure and flow curves showed reliable operation as assist device.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.649-654
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• 2005

This paper presents fabrication and drive test of a peristaltic PDMS micropump actuated by the thermopneumatic force. The micropump consists of the three peristaltic-type actuator chambers with microheaters on the glass substrate and a microchannel connecting the chambers and the inlet/outlet port. The micropump is fabricated by the spin-coating process, the two-step curing process, the JSR (negative PR) molding process, and etc. The diameter and the thickness of the actuator diaphragm are 2.5 mm and $30{\mu}m$, respectively. The meniscus motion in the capillary tube is observed with a video camera and the flow rate of the micro pump is calculated through the frame analysis of the recorded video data. The maximum flow rate of the micropump is about $0.36\;{\mu}L/sec$ at 2 Hz for the zero hydraulic pressure difference when the 3-phase input voltage is 20 V.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1926-1928
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• 2003

The low-cost, simple structured micropump which is actuated by piezoelectricdiscs, is fabricated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the performances of the micropump, such as pump rate and backward pressure, are characterized. The PDMS micropump with diffusers instead of passive check valves as a flow-rectifying element was fabricated. While the square wave driving voltage is applied to the piezoelectric disc of the actuator, the flow rate is measured by fluid displacement variation of the outlet tube. The flow rate of micropump increases with enhancing the applied voltage due to the increase of diaphragm deflection. The flow rate and the backward pressure of the micropump with diffusers are about $32.9{\mu}{\el}$/min and 173Pa respectively for the above mentioned deflection conditions.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2006년도 제27회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.367-370
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• 2006

Ballistic Range는 오래전부터 짧은 시간에 극도의 고압상태를 만들어낼 수 있기 때문에 고속 충격역학, 발사체 공기역학, 새로운 재료의 생성과 같은 다양한 공학 분야에서 사용되어왔다. 2단 경 가스총은 가장 넓게 사용되어지고 있다. 현재의 실험적 연구는 발사체 가상실험을 쉽게 수행할 수 있는 새로운 타입의 Ballistic Range를 개발하기 위해 진행되어져왔다. Ballistic Range은 고압튜브, 피스톤, 펌프튜브, 충격튜브, 발사튜브로 구성된다. 펌프튜브와 발사튜브사이에 충격튜브의 삽입의 효과는 조사중이다. 실험은 발사체 속도의 다양한 변수들의 의존성을 찾기 위해 수행되었다. 고압튜브압력, 격막파열압력, 발사체질량은 다양한 발사체 속도를 얻기 위해 변화를 주었다. 저자의 이론적 연구를 통해 얻는 결과값과 실험적 결과값을 비교해보기로 한다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1186-1190
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• 2003

In this paper, a valveless bubble-actuated fluid micropump was has been developed and its performance was tested. The valveless micropump consists of the lower plate, the middle plate, the upper plate and a resistive heater. The lower plate includes the nozzle-diffuser elements and the double-chamber. Nozzle-diffuser elements and a double-chamber are fabricated on the silicon wafer by the DRIE(Deep Reactive Ion Etching) process. The lower plate also has inlet/outlet channels for fluid flow. The middle plate is made of glass and plays the role of the diaphragm. The chamber in the upper plate is filled with deionized water, and which contacts with the resistive heater. The resistive heater is patterned on a silicon substrate by Ti/Pt sputtering. Three plates and the resister heater are laminated by the aligner and bonded in the anodic bonder. Since the bubble is evaporated and condensed periodically in the chamber, the fluid flows from inlet to outlet with respect to the diffusion effect. In order to avoid backflow, the double chamber system is introduced. Analytical and experimental results show the validity of the developed double-chamber micropump.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2015

The therapy of injecting a fixed amount of a prescribed drug for a predetermined time is an effective treatment in relieving pain during anticancer treatments. Due to recent medical technology development, cancer is currently classified as a disease that can be managed in the patient's lifetime. If patients were able to use a drug delivery system that was portable, sustainable and had an accurate flow control, they would be able to inject medication whenever they need. In this study we developed a piezoelectric micropump for a drug delivery system by designing a pump chamber, check valve and diaphragm. We also developed a driving circuit that consumes low power and to which we applied a variety of signals. We fabricated a portable drug delivery system with this piezoelectric micropump and driving circuit. In addition, through a performance test, we confirmed that the system can precisely control the drug flow rate.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.569-576
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• 2007

Ventricular Assist Device(VAD) has switched its goal from a short-tenn use for bridge-to-transplantation to a long-tenn use for destination therapy, With this goal, the importance of long-tenn reliability gets more interests and importances, H-VAD is an portable extracorporeal biventricular assist device, and adopts an electro-pneumatic driving mechanism. The pneumatic pressure to pump out blood is generated with compression of bellows, and is transmitted in a closed pneumatic circuit through a pneumatic line. The existing pneumatic VAD adopts a air compressor which can generate stable pressures but has defects such as a noise and a size problem. Thus, it is not suitable for being used as a portable device, These problems are covered with adopting a closed pneumatic circuit mechanism with a bellows which has a small size and small noise generation, but it has defects that improper pneumatic setting causes a failure of adequate flow generation. In this study, the pneumatic pressure regulation system is developed to cover these defects of a bellows-type pneumatic VAD. The optimal pneumatic pressure conditions according to various afterload conditions for an optimal flow rate were investigated and the afterload estimation algorithm was developed, The final pneumatic regulation system estimates a current afterload and regulate the pneumatic pressure to the optimal point at a given afterload condition. The afterload estimation algorithm showed a sufficient performance that the standard deviation of error is 8.8 mmHg, The pneumatic pressure regulation system showed a sufficient performance that the flow rate was stably governed to various afterload conditions. In a further study, if a additional sensor such as ultrasonic sensor is developed to monitor the direct movement of diaphragm in a blood pump part, the reliability would be greatly increased. Moreover, if the afterload estimation algorithm gets more accuracy, it would be also helpful to monitor the hemodynamic condition of patients.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.291-299
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• 1996

교정력은 치아이동과 악골성장을 조절하는 기계적 자극이며, 이러한 기계적 자극에 골세포가 반응하므로써 치조골과 악골의 개조가 일어난다. 이러한 기계적 자극은 크게 압축력과 인장력으로 대별된다. 따라서 본 연구는 인장력 및 압축력의 서로다른 기계적자극이 세포활성에 미치는 차이를 알아보기 위하여 조골세포주 MC3T3-E1 세포를 24well 배양접시에 well당 $2{\times}10^4$개의 세포를 넣어 배양한 후, 밀생상태가 되었을때 Diaphragm pump을 사용하여, $25g/cm^2$ 및 $300g/cm^2$의 압축력과 $-25g/cm^2$ 및 $-300g/cm^2$의 인장력을 지속적으로 가하였다. 배양한 후 각각 4일, 6일, 10일, 14일, 18일, 20일째에 ALP활성을 측정한 결과 같은 크기의 압력에서는 인장력에 비해 압축력을 가한 경우에서 ALP활성도가 증가되었으나, 세포는 기계적 자극의 양상 즉 압축력과 인장력을 구별하여 다르게 반응을 하지는 않는 것 같았다. 인장력과 압축력 모두에서 ALP활성도는 시간이 지남에 따라 대조군 수준으로 돌아왔다. 이는 기계적 자극은 세포의 증식과 분화가 왕성한 시기에 세포활성도에 더 크게 영향을 미치는 것으로 생각되며, 압축력과 인장력에 관계없이 기계적 자극의 양이 클수록 ALP활성도의 최고치 도달시간이 지연되어, 기계적 자극의 세기는 세포 활성도에 영향을 미칠 것으로 사료된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2014

In this study, edible protopanaxadiol saponin enriched fraction were prepared by ultrafiltration (UF). Ginseng extract was prepared from mixtures of ginseng main root and rootlet (root: rootlet = 4 : 6). UF system was used the four-piston Diaphragm pump equipped with 5 kDa pore size Hydrosart Cassette made by regenerated cellulose acetate (CA) or 3 kDa pore size Hollow Fiber cartridge made by polyethersulfone (PES). Total ginsenoside contents of concentrated fraction by UF system was found to higher, compared to before those of untreated method. Especially, processing of UF showed the increase of PPD-type ginsenoside, while PPT-type ginsenoside was gradually decreased by both 3 kDa and 5 kDa membrane. After removal of 80% water by the 5 kDa Hydrosart Cassette and by 3 kDa Hollow Fiber cartridge, ginsenoside Rb1 content was higher 37.2 mg/g and 25.3 mg/g than 20.8 mg/g in untreated process. The ratio of Rb1 to Rg1 (Rb1/Rg1) and PPD- to PPT- type ginsenoside (PPD/PPT) were higher in inner fluid of ginseng extract after UF by 3 kDa cartridge (47.1 and 23.5, respectively) and 5 kDa Cassette (25.3 and 11.9, respectively) than those of before UF (5.7 and 3.7, respectively). PPD-type ginsenoside enriched fraction by UF system could be developed as a new ginseng material in food and cosmetic industrials.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2011

An experimental variable rate nursery sprayer was developed to adjust application rates for canopy volume in real time. The sprayer consisted of two vertical booms integrated with ultrasonic sensors, and variable rate nozzles coupled with pulse width modulation (PMW) based solenoid valves. A custom-designed microcontroller instructed the sensors to detect canopy size and occurrence and then controlled nozzles to achieve variable application rates. A spray delivery system, which consisted of diaphragm pump, pressure regulator and 4-cycle gasoline engine, offered the spray discharge function. Spray delay time, time adjustment in spray trigger for the leading distance of the sensor, was measured with a high-speed camera, and it was from 50 to 140 ms earlier than the desired time (398 ms) at 3.2 km/h under indoor conditions. Consequently, the sprayer triggered 4.5 to 12.5 cm prior to detected targets. Duty cycles of the sprayer were from 20 to 34 ms for senor-to-canopy (STC) distance from 0.30 to 0.76 m. Outdoor test confirmed that the nozzles were triggered from 290 to 380 ms after detecting tree canopy at 3.2 km/h. The spray rate of the new sprayer was 58.4 to 85.2% of the constant application rate (935 L/ha). Spray coverage was collected at four areas of evergreen canopy by water sensitive papers (WSP), and ranged from 1.9 to 41.1% and 1.8 to 34.7% for variable and constant rate applications, respectively. One WSP area had significant (P < 0.05) difference in mean spray coverage between two application conditions.