Investigating the Functionality of Diamond-Like Carbon Films on an Artificial Heart Diaphragm

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 701-707

  Ohgoe, Yasuharu ^a   Takada, Satoshi ^a   Hirakuri, Kenji K ^a   Tsuchimoto, Katsuya ^b   Homma, Akihiko ^c   Miyamatsu, Toshinobu ^a   Saitou, Tomoyuki ^a   Friedbacher, Gernot ^d   Tatsumi, Eisuke ^c   Taenaka, Yoshiyuki ^c   Fukui, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aisin Cosmos R and D Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BLOOD; COATINGS; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; DIAPHRAGMS; ELASTOMERS; HYDRAULICS; LASERS; POLYURETHANES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FILM THICKNESS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

CARBON; ELASTOMER; POLYURETHAN; SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ARTIFICIAL HEART DIAPHRAGM; BLOOD PUMP; CARBON FILM; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRODE; FILM; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; THICKNESS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIAMOND; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OILS; PULSATILE FLOW; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 10744226850     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000093970.59796.40     Document Type: Article

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