Artificial esophagus with peristaltic movement

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 158-161

  Watanabe, Makoto ^a   Sekine, Kazumitsu ^a   Hori, Yoshio ^a   Shiraishi, Yasuyuki ^a   Maeda, Takeshi ^b   Honma, Dai ^b   Miyata, Go ^c   Saijo, Yoshifumi ^a   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toki Corporation   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ESOPHAGUS; LUMEN; PERISTALTIC MOVEMENT; X RAY EXAMINATION;

ACTUATORS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; NICKEL ALLOYS; PATIENT MONITORING; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; X RAYS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS;

ALLOY; NICKEL; POLITEF; TITANIUM;

ARTIFICIAL ESOPHAGUS; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GOAT; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; GOATS; MECHANICS; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 20544476411     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MAT.0000154644.44891.F1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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