Development of a bidirectional transcutaneous optical data transmission system for artificial hearts allowing long-distance data communication with low electric power consumption

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-153

  Okamoto, Eiji ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiro ^b   Inoue, Yusuke ^a   Makino, Tsutomu ^a   Mitamura, Yoshinori ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miwatec CoLTD   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; LVAD; Monitoring; Optical transmission; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPTICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 26844538131     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-005-0299-7     Document Type: Article

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