Development of the pneumatically driven total artificial heart with low cost and high durability

Japanese Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Yambe, T ^a   Fukutome, A ^b   Sonobe, T ^a   Kobayashi, S ^a   Naganuma, S ^a   Nanka, S ^a   Kakinuma, Y ^a   Akiho, H ^a   Shizuka, K ^a   Fukuju, T ^c   Miura, M ^c   Tabayashi, K ^c   Yoshizawa, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Xemex Co Ltd

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economy; Flow visualization; Pneumatically driven; Silicone ball valve; Total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD FLOW; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL;

EID: 0030907307     PISSN: 03000818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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