Capillary method to measure water transmission through polyurethane membranes

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 890-896

  Yang, Mingjing ^a   Deng, Xiaoyan ^a   Laroche, Gaétan ^a   Hahn, Charles ^b   King, Martin W ^c   Guidoin, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Cardiovascular Research Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARY FLOW; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYURETHANES; WATER;

CAPILLARY METHOD; VENTRICLES; WATER TRANSMISSION;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0031282286     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199711000-00008     Document Type: Article

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