• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.45.1-45.1
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• 2010

In this experiment, artificial blood vessel was fabricated from electro-spun PU/PCL. To assist with endothelial growth, PU/PCL surface was coated with the RGD peptide. To prevent a clot of blood, anti-thrombus agent was loaded to the fibrous mat and values were reflected through FT-IR data. In vitro study, SEM and MTT data showed that the component was of excellent biocompatibility and cell proliferation. In in vivo study, the artificial blood vessel was implanted in a dog's artery. The results of the CT scan, ultrasound and H&E staining showed that artificial blood vessel was excellent for artery replacement applications.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.376-383
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• 2008

High-flux dialysis treatment removes various toxins via diffusion as well as convection, which is induced by ultrafiltration and backfiltration. In this study, in vitro (Using the distilled water and the bovine's blood) comparison test was performed to determine whether utilization of a high flux dialyzer paired with different pumps would increase the efficiency of convection. At the same blood flow rates, a pulsatile pump and a roller pump were employed to propel the distilled water and bovine whole blood to a high flux dialyzer. Pressures at the dialyzer inlet and outlet in the blood circuit and in the dialysate circuit were measured, respectively. From these data, we calculated the transmembrane pressure and predicted the ultrafiltration and backfiltration rates developed by both pumps. Using the bovine's blood experiment, ultrafiltration and backfiltration rates were 1.6 times higher with the pulsatile pump than with the roller pump. We conclude that utilization of a pulsatile pump in high flux hemodialysis treatments increases ultrafiltration volume, compared with a roller pump under conditions of the same blood flow rate.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2015

In cardiopulmonary support systems with a membrane oxygenation such as a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support (PCPS) or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), blood pumps need to generate the pressure rise of approximately 200mmHg or higher, due to the high hydraulic resistances of the membrane oxygenation and of the cannula tubing. In order to realize the blood pump with higher pressure rise, higher anti-hemolysis and thrombosis performances, the development of novel centrifugal blood pump composed of two-stage has been conducted by the authors. In the present paper, effective attempts to decrease the wall shear stress and to suppress the stagnation are introduced for the prevention of hemolysis and thrombosis in blood pumps. The hemolysis test was also carried out and it was clarified that the decrease of wall shear stress is effective as a guideline of design of blood pumps for improving the anti-hemolysis performance.

• 한국인공지능학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.7-10
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• 2020

In this paper, a study was conducted to find main factorsto Pima Indians Diabetes based on machine learning. Diabetes is a type of metabolic disease such as insufficient secretion of insulin or inability to function normally and is characterized by a high blood glucose concentration. According to a situation report from WHO(World Health Organization), Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. And also about 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, the majority living in low-and middle-income countries, and 1.6 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes each year. Both the number of cases and the prevalence of diabetes have been steadily increasing over the past few decades. Therefore, in this study, we used Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree, and correlation analysisto discover three important factorsthat predict Pima Indians diabetes with 70% accuracy. Applying the results suggested in this paper, doctors can quickly diagnose potential Pima Indians diabetics and prevent Pima Indians diabetes.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2004

Shear-induced damage of Red Blood Cell (RBC) is an imminent problem to be solved for the practical application of artificial organs in extra corporeal circulation, as it often happens and affects physiological homeostasis of a patient. To design and operate artificial organs in a safe mode, many investigations have been set up to correlate shear and shear-induced cell damage. Most studies were focused on hemolysis i.e. the extreme case, however, it is important as well to obtain a clear understanding of pre-hemolytic mechanical damage. In this study, the change in deformability of RBC was measured by ektacytometry to investigate the damage of RBC caused by shear. To a small magnitude of pre-shear, there is little difference, but to a large magnitude of pre-shear, cell damage occurs and the effect of shear becomes significant depending on both the magnitude and imposed time of shearing. The threshold stress for cell damage was found to be approximately 30 Pa, which is much less than the threshold of mechanical hemolysis but is large enough to occur in vitro as in the extra corporeal circulation during open-heart surgery or artificial heart. In conclusion, it was found and suggested that the decrease of deformability can be used as an early indication of cell damage, in contrast to measuring plasma hemoglobin. As cell damage always occurs during flow in artificial organs, the results as well as the approach adopted here will be helpful in the design and operation of artificial organs.

• 멤브레인
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2000

인공폐는 실제 폐의 기능을 대행하는 장치이며, 주요 기능은 정맥혈에서 이산화탄소를 제거하고 산소를 첨가하여 동맥혈화하여 개심수술시 신체의 모든 조직에 충분한 양의 동맥혈을 공급한다. 또한 체외순환 생명보조장치(ECLS 또는 ECMO)는 심한 호흡부전증에 일반적으로 이용되지만 미래의 폐 이식에 사용될 것이다. 현재 미세다고엉 폴리프로필렌 중공사를 사용하고 있는 막형 인공 폐는 두 가지 문제가 있다. 환자의 체계적인 항응고가 필요하며, 오랜 기간의 사용은 막을 통하여 혈액 쪽에서 가스 쪽으로 혈청 누출을 일으킨다. 본 연구는 미세다공성 폴리프로필렌(PP)막에 폴리디메틸실록산(PDMS)을 적충한 PP/PDMS막을 제조하고, 폴리프로필렌 막에서 유발하는 혈청 누출을 최소화하는 기술에 대하여 연구하였다. Lee-White법에 의한 whole blood의 혈전형성 실험 후 사용된 막의 기체 투과도는 PP막에서는 크게 저하되었지만, PP/PDMS막에서는 거의 동일하게 유지되었다. 그러므로 PP막에서 유발되는 혈청 누출을 PP/PDMS막에서는 해결할 수 있었다. 또한, PP/PDMS막에서는 이산화탄소의 기체토과율이 산소보다 11.5배였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.310-315
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• 2007

The axial-flow type blood pump(XVAD) which has been developed in our group consists of mechanical parts (an impeller, a diffuser and a flow straightener) and electrical parts (a motor and a magnetic bearing). The magnetic bearing system fully levitates the impeller to remove mechanical coupling with other parts of the pump with constant gap, which needs non-contact type gap sensing. Conventional gap sensors are too large to be adopted to the implantable axial -flow type blood pump. Thus, in this paper, the compact eddy current type gap sensor system proper for the implantable axial-flow type blood pump was developed and its performance was evaluated in vitro. The developed eddy current type gap sensor system is a transformer type and has a differential probe. Sensor coil(probe) has small dimensions(6 mm diameter, 2 mm thickness) and its optimal inductance was determined as 0.068 mH for the measurement range of $0\sim3mm$. It could be manufactured with 130 turns of the 0.04 mm diameter copper coil. The characteristics of the developed eddy current type gap sensor system was evaluated by in vitro experiment. At experiment, it showed satis(actory performance to apply to the magnetic bearing system of the XVAD. It could measure the gap up to 3mm, but the linearity was decreased at the range of $1.8\sim3.0mm$. Moreover, it showed no difference in different media such as the water and the blood at the temperature range of $35\sim40^{\circ}C$.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 한국형 인공심장의 혈액주머니 내 혈액 유동에 대한 수치적 해석 결과를 제시하였다. 혈액 유동은 2차원 비정상 유동으로 가정하였으며. 이를 해석하기 위하여 유한요소 기반의 상용코드인 ADINA를 사용하였다. 액츄에이터와 혈액주머니사이의 강체-고체 접촉, 그리고 혈액주머니와 혈류 사이의 고체-유체 상호작용을 모두 계산에서 반영하였다. 본 연구에서는 혈액주머니의 형상설계 과정에서 제시되었던 3가지 모델에 대해서 계산을 수행하고 이들의 혈류역학적인 적합성을 분석하였다. 계산결과에 의하면 혈액주머니의 수축 시는 출구로의 강한 흐름과 입구 부분에서의 정체영역이 관찰되었다. 이완 시에는 외부로부터 입구로 강한 혈류가 유입되고 있으며, 닫힌 출구에서 부근에서는 재순환 영역이 발생한다. 수축 시 전단응력은 출구 모서리 부근에서 극한값들을 가지게 되며, 이완 시에는 주로 입구 모서리와 액츄에이터 접촉면에서 최소, 최고치를 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2021

Background: Artificial grafts such as polyethylene terephthalate (Dacron) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) are used for various cardiovascular surgical procedures. The compliance properties of prosthetic grafts could affect hemodynamic energy, which can be measured using the energy-equivalent pressure (EEP) and surplus hemodynamic energy (SHE). We investigated changes in the hemodynamic energy of prosthetic grafts. Methods: In a simulation test, the changes in EEP for these grafts were estimated using COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS. The Young modulus, Poisson ratio, and density were used to analyze the grafts' material properties, and pre- and post-graft EEP values were obtained by computing the product of the pressure and velocity. In an in vivo study, Dacron and ePTFE grafts were anastomosed in an end-to-side fashion on the descending thoracic aorta of swine. The pulsatile pump flow was fixed at 2 L/min. Real-time flow and pressure were measured at the distal part of each graft, while clamping the other graft and the descending thoracic aorta. EEP and SHE were calculated and compared. Results: In the simulation test, the mean arterial pressure decreased by 39% for all simulations. EEP decreased by 42% for both grafts, and by around 55% for the native blood vessels after grafting. The in vivo test showed no significant difference between both grafts in terms of EEP and SHE. Conclusion: The post-graft hemodynamic energy was not different between the Dacron and ePTFE grafts. Artificial grafts are less compliant than native blood vessels; however, they can deliver pulsatile blood flow and hemodynamic energy without any significant energy loss.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 1979

상엽이 20% 함유된 누에의 인공사료에 있어서 5영 5일째에 $\alpha$-Amylase를 첨가시켜 사료를 종이한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 소화율은 자웅잠 다같이 대조구에 비하여 높았으며, 자잠은 웅잠보다 높았다. 2. 체중에 있어서는 웅잠은 대조구와 같은 수준이었으나 자잠의 체중이 대조구에 비하여 증가되었다. 3. 견질에 있어서는 견중, 견층중 다같이 대조구에 비하여 증가되었다. 4. 사료의 효율은 처리구가 대조구보다 높았으며, 그 정도는 자잠이 더 현저했다. 5. 5령 7일에 있어서 누에의 혈당량은 대조에 비하여 적었다.