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Leaf and Stem Blight on Columbine and Bleeding Heart Caused by Streptobotrys caulophylli

  • Hong, Sung-Kee;Kim, Wan-Gyu;Cho, Weon-Dae;Kim, Hong-Gi
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.192-195
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    • 2004
  • A survey on ornamental diseases in 2000 and 2001 showed frequent occurrence of blight symptoms on leaves and stems of columbine and bleeding heart in botanical gardens of Gangwon and Chungnam provinces in Korea. A total of 65 isolates of Streptobotrys sp. were obtained from the infected leaves and stems of the two plants. All isolates were identified as Streptobotrys caulophylli based on their morphological and cultural characteristics. Blight symptoms were induced on leaves of the two plants by artificial inoculation with the isolates. This is the first report that S. caulophylli causes leaf and stem blight on columbine and bleeding heart in the world.

Design of A Pendulum Type Motor-Driven Blood Pump for Artificial Heart

  • Chang, Jun-K.;Jung, Dae-Y.;Kim, Jong-W.;Min, Byoung-G.;Han, Dong-C.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1990 no.05
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 1990
  • A new version of moving actuator electromechanical total artificial heart was designed to improve total efficiency, durability, and fitting inside thoracic cavity. As compared with our present type of the rolling cylinder actuator, this new model has a pendulum-type actuator with reciprocating motion around the fixed circular path, connected through the gear mechanisms to the motor. By using this mechanism, the efficiency and durability could be improved by replacing sliding mechanism with rolling contact elements. Also, the height of the pump could be decreased from 9cm to 7cm with static stroke volume 65cc. With these improvements, we have implanted this new pump in human size animal (less than 70Kg weight).

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Development of a Transcutaneous Optical Information Transmission System for Total Artificial Heart Using Near Infrared Laser

  • Lee, Jung-Hoon;Kim, Wook-Eun;Choi, Jong-Hoon;Ahn, Jae-Mok;Min, Byoung-Goo
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.05
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    • pp.64-67
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    • 1997
  • In the total artificial heart(TAH), a transcutaneous information transmission system(TITS) is vely important to monitor the TAH status and detect the device failure, and repair the possible problems. First of all, the communication channel(skin) and method were simulated in terms of transmittance, scattering, reflection and absorption, then the system was designed with size reduction including low power consumption and reliability compared to the previous one. The informations are transmitted through the skin(approximately 1cm in depth) by frequency modulated near infrared(NIR) pulses using 780nm laser diodes as transmitters and photodiode as receiver with high speed and high spectral sensitivity. The logic high and low frequencies are 3MHz, 1MHz respectively. The system is a bidirectional data link for more than 38.4Kbps data rate, full-duplex with a bit error rate of less than $10^{-5}$.

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The Supervisory Control System in a Moving-Actuator type Total Artificial Heart: Thought and Progress

  • Om, K.S.;Ahn, J.M.;Lee, J.H.;Choi, J.H.;Kim, W.E.;Kim, H.C.;Min, B.G.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.05
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 1997
  • In this paper we reviewed and stated the present state of our team's research of the moving-actuator type total artificial heart (MA-TAH). Especially, this paper showed new direction of researches. The integrated research of battery, telemetry, TET is required. And the real-time supervisory of the state of hemodynamic variables and MA-TAH is also needed. These requirement made us to think the supervisory control system (SCS). As functional abilities of the SCS require very high computational cost, the digital signal processor is an appropriate choice for our need.

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New Challenge of the CPU for a Moving-Actuator type Total Artificial Heart

  • Yi, S.W.;Ahn, J.M.;Park, S.K.;Om, K.S.;Jo, Y.H.;Choi, J.S.;Lee, J.H.;Choi, J.H.;Kim, W.E.;Choi, S.W.;Kim, H.C.;Min, B.G.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.11
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    • pp.118-120
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    • 1997
  • Intel's 80C196KD has been applied at the moving-actuator type total artificial heart ( MA-TAH ) from about early 1990th at our laboratory and it fulfilled its role successively. But the increased need of higher performance brought the other-type of the CPU, and the new challenge of ASIC to the application to the MA-TAH accelerated its need. So the new concept of the utilization of the DSP based CPU to the motor control was surveyed and analyzed deeply or about ew months and the results were introduced and summarized in this paper.

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Evaluation of Blood compatibility at lumbrokinase immobilized polymer valves in vivo (룸브로키나제가 고정화된 폴리머 밸브의 invivo 혈액적합성 평가)

  • Park, Yong-Doo;Ryu, Eun-Sook;Kim, Jong-Won;Min, Byoung-Goo
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1998 no.11
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    • pp.227-228
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    • 1998
  • Lumbrokinase, potent fibrinolytic enzyme purified from earthworm, was immobilized onto polyurethane valves using photoreaction, photoreactive polyallyl-amino as a photoreactive linker. For evaluation of blood compatibility, lumbrokinase immobilized polymer valves were assembled into the total artificial heart (TAH). This TAH was implanted to 60kg healthy lamb for 1-3 days with the cardiac output 5 L/min. In the control lamb, the valves were untreated, in ore other, only valves on the right were treated, and in the remaining animal, only those on the left. To facilitate the thrombus formation, low doses of heparin were administered. For evaluation of the immobilized lumbrokinase, thrombus formation, proteolytic and fibrinolytic activity was measured. This data shows that lumbrokinase-treated polyurethane valves lead to decreased thrombus formation in vivo, and that their biocompatibility is therefore higher than that of untreated valves.

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