• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.1191-1198
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• 2011

The use of a ventricular assist device (VAD) can raise the one-year survival rate without cardiac transplantation from 25% to 52%. However, malfunction of the VAD system causes 6% of VAD patients' deaths, which could possibly be avoided through the development of new VADs in which VAD malfunctions do not affect the patient's heart movement or hemodynamic state. A conventional VAD has an impeller or vane for propelling blood that can allow blood to regurgitate when the propelling force is weaker than the aortic pressure. In this paper, we developed a new pulsatile conduit-shaped VAD that has two valves. This device removes the possibility of blood regurgitation and has a small stationary area even when the pumping force is extremely weak. We estimated the characteristics of the device by measuring the outflow and the pressure of the pump in in-vitro and in-vivo experiments.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.357-362
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• 1997

In vivo testings of the monoleaflet polymer valve were performed in seven dogs to prove its blood biocompatibility. The monoleaflet polymer valve used in this study was developed for short-term usage n the ventricular assist device. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made of polyurethane. The inter-aortic valved conduit were implanted in four dogs and the ventriculo-atrial valved conduit was implanted in one dog. The ventricular assist devices with polymer valve were implanted in two dogs. The longest survival was 20 days. Main causes of death were bleeding and infection. To examine the blood compatibility, each blood sample was collected and RBC, WBC, hematocrit, hemoglobin, platelet and lactic acid dehydrogenase were analyzed. These studies thus far demonstrated that, with further development, a reliable and inexpensive polymer valve will be used in the ventricular assist device as short term usage.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.447-456
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• 1995

As a part of electro-mechanical totally implantable artificial heart (TIAH) program, a transcut- aneous energy transmission system has been developed. By mutual magnetic induction between the first coil on the skin and the subcutaneously implanted second coil, the system transfers elctrical power through the skin. This research aimed at minimizing the size of the implanted part as well as maximizing the transfer efficiency. Using class I amplifier, we achieved above 75% power transfer efficiency at average 40W power transfer level which is required for normal TIAH operation. In vivo performance of the developed system and bio-compatibility of the material used in Implanted parts were evaluated through animal experiments.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.94-99
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• 2007

Many cases of acute cardiac shock and cardiac arrest in emergency room and ICU have been increasing. In this case, ECMO with centrifugal pump has been used generally. However, due to the heavy weight and big size, the system is not adequate for emergency cases. And other defects of this system are that membrane oxygenator's pressure is high and blood are exposed to the air. There was some tries of ECMO using pulsatile pump, but it was found that the weak point of these system is high peak pressure and hemolysis. The mechanism of twin pulsatile pump is that Membrane oxygenator Outlet Pump(MOP) make negative pressure when Membrane oxygenator Inlet Pump(MIP) provides high positive pressure, and the negative pressure will decrease positive pressure of Membrane Oxygenator. Our group analyzed this advantage through In-Vitro and 12 Cases In-Vivo test.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.115-121
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• 1998

In this paper, basic study of diagnostic device development for early detection of cancer, we present the optical property measurements of 12 histologically classified biological tissue and blood specimens in order to determine whether significant optical contrast exists for detection of disease(cancer). In vitro, optical properties of each 630nm, 660nm, 780n, 880nm and 940nm shows consistent changes in effective absorbtion coefficients, ${\mu}$$\_$${\alpha}$/ with tissue classification of pig an chicken and human blood according to the 27.3%, 35.4%, 45.6% and 59.1% of HCT. We found differences in optical properties at each of specific wavelengths and histologically classified biological tissue.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.36-43
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• 2009

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a graphical record of the voltages generated during the heart beats, and is very useful in observing the status of the heart of the human or animals. In this paper, an ECG monitoring system is developed for the small animals, such as the rat. This system is very useful in monitoring the side effect of drugs. Since small animals have faster heart rate than the human case, the monitoring system has a faster sampling frequency and processing speed. Furthermore, for a realtime monitoring of the small moving animals, the system is composed of a small wireless ECG module, which is based on the IEEE 802.121.4 wireless physical layer. The developed wireless ECG system can successfully monitor the ECG of small animals, such as the rat.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.291-300
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• 2004

Due to the rapid growth of mobile communication services, many studies have been performed on the biological effects of EMF(Electromagnetic field) exposure. However, it is not easy to create the field uniformity in radio frequency. To overcome this difficulty, the electric field and SAR(Specific Absorption Rate) distribution is developed to measure the whole body exposure system. In this paper, we developed the whole body exposure system for in-vivo study utilizing reverberation chamber which has a high possibility of practical use by substituting previous the EMC chamber. The field uniformity in the test area of the designed reverberation chamber was satisfied by the simulation and measurement data. In animal study of the whole body exposure for a mouse, the results of FDTD simulation were compared with those of measurement to confirm SAR under the electromagnetic exposure. We analyze the electric field distribution in the interior of the reverberation chamber and treat these results in statistical manner. In the CDMA frequency band(PCS ＆ Cellular band), an average value of the whole body SAR and local peak value for a experimental mouse were presented for various input power.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.33B no.1
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• pp.57-66
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• 1996

In this paper, a new biotelemetry system for a transcutaneous data communication between an implanted artificial heart with a control system and an external human-interfaced management system has been developed. A radio telemetry using radio frequency is a commonly used method in the conventional telemetry systems. But, it is not suitable for the medical applications because of not only an interference due to a radio broadcasting but also a harmfulness to the human body. In this paper, therefore, a new biotelemetry system applied to an artificial heart has been developed with the results of the recent research for an optical telemetry system based on the infrared light transmission with good skin permeability. The performance of the biotelemetry system developed has been assessed through mock circulatory experiments, and the clinical applicability has been also confirmed with the successful results in the animal experiments.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.49-58
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• 1987

Hypertermia for the treatment of cancer has been introduced for a long time and the biological effect for the use of hyperthermia to treat malignant tumors has been well established and encouraging clinical results have been obserbed. Unfortunately, however, the engineering or technical aspects of hyperthermia for the deep seated tumors has not been satisfactory. We developed the radiofrequency capactive hyperthermia device (Greenytherm-GY8) in cooperation with Yonsei Cancer Center and Green Cross Medical Corporation. It was composed with $8{\sim}10MHz$ RF generator, capacitive electrode, matching system, cooling system, temperature measuring system and control PC computer. The thermal profile was investigated in agar phantom, animals and in human tumors, heated with capactivie RF device. Deep and homogeneous heating could be achieved in a large phantom of 25cm diameter and 19cm thick when heated with a pair of 23cm diameter electrodes, coupled to both bases of the phantom, when the size of the two electrodes was not the same, the region near the smaller electrode was preferentially heated. It was, therefore, possible to control the depth of heating by choosing proper size of electrodes. Therapeutic temperature $(42^{\circ}C{\sim}43^{\circ}C)$ could be obtained in the living animal experiments. Indications are that deep heating of humn tumors might be achieved with the capacitive method, provided that subcutaenous fat layer is cooled by temperature controlled bolus and large size of electrodes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.592-599
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 수삼의 가공전 선별을 위해 현장에서 편리하게 사용할 수 있는 초음파 전달 속도 계측 자동화 시스템을 개발하여 그 성능을 평가하고자 하였으며 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 개발된 시스템은 제어용 컴퓨터, 시스템 구동 및 탐촉자 이동 장치, 하중 변환장치, 초음파 발생 및 송수신 장치 등으로 구성되었다. 2. 제어 및 계측용 프로그램은 압축력, 측정 대상물의 크기, 초음파 전달 시간을 순차적으로 계측하여 초음파 전달 속도를 계산하는 알고리즘을 개발하였으며, Visual Basic 6.0으로 작성되었다. 모터의 작동, A/D 변환, RS232C 통신 등과 관련된 부분은 각각의 모듈화된 함수로서 구동하고자 하였다. 3. 개발된 시스템의 속도와 거리별 이동 거리별 오차를 측정한 결과 0∼0.04mm 범위를 나타내었다. 이 값은 시스템의 허용오차인 0.17mm 오차보다는 현저히 작은 값이었고 15mm/s와 30mm/s의 이동 속도에서 모두 비슷한 크기의 오차값을 나타내었다. 4. 개발된 시스템의 속도별 반복정밀도 실험 결과 측정위치에서의 반복에 의한 정지 위치 오차는 전 구간에서 0.02mm 이내로 나타났고, 이동 평판의 이동속도가 15mm/s였을 경우에는 이동 회수 30회, 이동 거리 60mm일 때 최대 편차 0.019mm를 나타냈으며 이동속도가 30mm/s일 경우에는 이동 회수 40회, 이동거리 20mm에서 0.02mm의 최대 편차를 나타내었다. 5. 5개의 알루미늄 조각의 크기를 시스템으로 측정한 결과 측정값의 최대 편차는 0.08mm였다. 이 값은 시스템의 허용오차인 0.17mm의 50% 수준으로 시스템은 대상물의 크기 측정에 적당하다고 사료되었다. 6. 절단된 수삼의 초음파 전달속도는 평균 396.4m/s였다.를 축열재로 사용할 경우 재생기를 반으로 나누어서 가열부 쪽에 철선을, 냉각부 쪽에 철망을 삽입한 것이 반대로 삽입한 것보다 재생기 양단의 온도차는 높게 나타났고, 재생기 양단의 압력 차는 낮게 나타났다. 재생기 축열재로서 철망-철선을 사용할 경우 철선-철망 ø1.2-150이 전열 표면적은 작으나 재생기 양단의 온도차가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났으며 재생기 양단의 압력 차는 가장 낮게 나타나 공시 철망- 철선 혼합 축열재중 가장 우수함을 알 수 있다. 4. 철망사이에 철선을 삽입한 축열재의 경우, 철망사이에 삽입한 철선의 직경이 큰 것이 철선의 직경이 작은 것보다 재생기의 양단의 온도차가 높게 나타났고 재생기 양단의 압력차는 작게 나타났다. 그러므로 철망사이에 철선을 삽입한 것 중 성능이 우수한 것은 150-ø2. 0-150으로 나타났다. 5. 실험한 재생기 축열재들 중에서 성능이 우수한 것들을 비교한 결과, 복합 철선 ø1.2-1 50이 가장 성능이 좋은 것으로 나타났다.적외선.열풍 복합건조방법이 높게 나타나 이것은 곡물 표면에 원적외선 방사에의한 복사열이 전달되어 열장해를 받았기 때문으로 판단되며, 금후 더 연구하여 적정 열풍온도 및 방사체 크기를 구명해야 할 것이다.으로 보여진다 따라서 옻나무 유래 F는 포유동물의 생식기능에 중요하게 작용하는 것으로 사료된다.된다.정량 분석한 결과이다. 시편의 조성은 33.6 at% U, 66.4 at% O의 결과를 얻었다. 산화물 핵연료의 표면 관찰 및 정량 분석 시험시 시편 표면을 전도성 물질로 증착시키지 않고, Silver Paint 에 시편을 접착하는 방법으로도 만족한 시험 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.째, 회복기 중에 일어나는 입자들의 유입은 자기폭풍의 지속시간을 연장시키는 경향을 보이며 큰 자기폭풍일수