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Blood Compatibility of a Newly Developed Trileaflet Mechanical Heart Valve by Sato, Manabu, Harasaki, Hiroaki, Wika, Kent E, Soloviev, Maxim V, Lee, Andrew S

“…An ideal heart valve prosthesis, which has both the flow dynamic properties and blood compatibility of a tissue valve prosthesis and the durability of a…”
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Analysis of subcutaneous fluid in rats by Wika, K E, Muramoto, K, Harasaki, H

“…Subcutaneous implantation in rats is a commonly used model for biomaterial calcification studies. Although this model is frequently used, its components have…”
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Heat from an implanted power source is mainly dissipated by blood perfusion by Okazaki, Y, Davies, C R, Matsuyoshi, T, Fukamachi, K, Wika, K E, Harasaki, H

“…Heat dissipation and its effects on tissue and blood interfaces are common problems associated with the development and increased use of artificial hearts,…”
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Platelets are deposited early post-operatively on the leaflet of a mechanical heart valve in sheep without post-operative anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents. A scanning electron microscopic observation of the pyrolytic carbon surface in a mechanical heart valve by Okazaki, Y, Wika, K E, Matsuyoshi, T, Fukamachi, K, Kunitomo, R, Tweden, K S, Harasaki, H

“…Pyrolytic carbon has been used for mechanical heart valves as a thromboresistant, wear resistant, and fatigue resistant material. Thrombosis and…”
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Assessment of circulating blood volume in calves with a total artificial heart by Fukamachi, K, Benavides, M E, Wika, K E, Manos, J A, Massiello, A L, Harasaki, H

“…Measurement of the circulating blood volume (CBV) is essential to a proper understanding of the hemodynamic performance of total artificial hearts (TAHs)…”
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Quantification of the edge effect in calcified bioprosthetic tissues by Wika, K E, Utoh, J, Brown, J, Harasaki, H

“…In bioprosthetic tissue samples that had been implanted in the subcutaneous space of rats, and recurring pattern of calcification was observed. In this…”
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Functional electrical stimulation as a neuroprosthetic methodology for enabling closed-loop urinary incontinence treatment by Xuan Wei, Rijkhoff, N. J., Santa, W. A., Anderson, J. A., Afshar, P., Schindeldecker, W. J., Wika, K. E., Barka, N. D., Denison, T. J.

“…This paper describes a neuroprosthetic methodology using functional electrical stimulation (FES) to treat urinary incontinence. The neuroprosthesis is designed…”
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