... uptake of the benefits of cryobiology. cryobiology preservation cells developing countries low income countries middle income banking blood plants seeds cord blood animal germplasm reproductive medicine tissue banking new approaches Adequate supply of Liquid Nitrogen...

...Thomas L. Merrill; Denise R. Merrill; Jennifer E. Akers Mild hypothermia has been shown to reduce heart tissue damage resulting from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In previous work we developed a trilumen cooling catheter to deliver cooled blood rapidly to the heart during emergency angioplasty...

...Brandon J. Hopkins; Huayin Wu; William H. Marks; Qimin Quan; Samuel Kesner; C. Keith Ozaki; Conor Walsh Up to eight percent of patients develop steal syndrome after prosthetic dialysis access graft placement, which is characterized by low blood flow to the hand. Steal syndrome results in a cold...

... serve as a simplistic and cost effective alternative for PDA occlusion. 15 04 2010 07 10 2010 30 08 2011 30 08 2011 adhesion biomechanics biomedical electronics biomedical equipment biomedical imaging blood blood vessels cardiology cellular biophysics diseases ducts...

... design for a cam-driven finger pump. Several cams sequentially compress fingers, which compress flexible tubes; thus eliminating valves. Changing the speed of the motor or size of the tube controls the flow rate. In vitro experiments conducted with whole blood using the pump measured Creatinine levels...

...Hasan Ayaz; Baruch Ben Dor; David Solt; Banu Onaral 15 06 2011 15 06 2011 biomedical optical imaging blood brain cancer infrared imaging injuries neurophysiology optical scanners Early identification of intracranial hematomas in patients with traumatic brain injury...

...Celestine Aguwa; Leslie Monplaisir; Prasanth Sylajakumari 13 06 2011 13 06 2011 biochemistry biomedical equipment biomedical measurement blood customer satisfaction modules The goal of this research is to determine how customer ratings affect the final outcome, which...

...Caitlin O. Winget; Theresa K. Fisher; Rajen N. Kumar; Alexander H. Harrington; Kathleen H. Sienko 09 06 2011 09 06 2011 biomedical equipment blood obstetrics patient treatment The lack of donated blood available for emergency transfusions in the developing world...

... 09 2010 biochemistry biomedical equipment blood cost reduction fuzzy logic product design product development reliability medical device design and manufacturing healthcare systems engineering modular product architecture operations research goal programming collaborative...

... shown that mild hypothermia, reducing tissue temperatures by 2 – 4 ° C , has the potential to save heart tissue that is not adequately perfused with blood. This paper describes the design of a cooling guide catheter that can provide rapid, local cooling to heart tissue during emergency angioplasty...

...Matthew Nielsen; Megan C. Frost Measuring the blood gases of patients in the intensive care unit or undergoing major surgical procedures in real time would help healthcare providers diagnose and manage base excess and base deficient disorders. Optical fibers provide a platform upon which...

... itself as well as accurately detect bleeding or clotting within the GI tract. The unreliability of localization combined with inaccurate blood detection in VCE ultimately leads to wired endoscopy for additional diagnosis. In this paper, a method to address localization of the VCE device, also known...

...). Clinical disease and demographic factors known to impact the outcome of HCT include: recipient and donor age, type of donor (related/unrelated), donor-recipient gender, diagnosis and disease status pre-HCT, and stem cell source (peripheral blood, marrow, and umbilical cord blood). However, biostatistical...

... that are used with a commercial patient monitoring device. The system monitors physiological signals associated with apnea, such as heart rate and blood oxygen level, and activates the vibrotactile unit in a closed-loop fashion. The system provides multimode haptic feedback for individualized patient treatment...

... (a) the blood flow hydrodynamics and associated heat transport phenomena, (b) the blood flow interactions with the essential organs, and (c) the vessel blockage formation associated with atherosclerosis and thrombosis. The CFD-HCVS model is being developed as a new specialized software module using...

... ) . In conclusion, we developed a device that effectively delivers an antiseptic to a male luer style connector without leaking any antiseptic to the inner lumen of the luer post blood catheters microorganisms 09 08 2010 09 08 2010 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... to the migration of vortical structures from the major to the minor orifice region during the leaflet rebound of the closing phase. 28 01 2009 03 12 2009 04 02 2010 04 02 2010 blood cardiology cellular biophysics discs (structures) flow simulation flow visualisation haemodynamics...

...B. M. Burgess; M. C. Frost Biomedical devices that contact blood and tissue universally inspire a host response that often compromises the function of the device (i.e., intravascular sensors become coated with thrombi, artificial vascular grafts become occluded with thrombus formation...

.... Elevated levels of some proteins in the blood can lead to a number of medical conditions. Incorporating these polymers into a device for blood purification to remove such molecules can be used as a means to combat these problems. Protein imprinting was studied from a novel perspective using protein coated...

...B. M. Burgess; G. E. Gierke; M. C. Frost Biomedical devices that contact blood and tissue universally inspire a host response that often compromises the function of the device (i.e., intravascular sensors become coated with thrombi, artificial vascular grafts become coated with thrombi, artificial...