Artificial Organs

Abstracts from the 14^th Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps
pp. A27-A50(1)

Author Index to Abstracts
pp. A51-A53(1)

Artificial Organs Expands Author Services
pp. 839-840(2)

Influence of Radial Clearance and Rotor Motion to Hemolysis in a Journal Bearing of a Centrifugal Blood Pump
pp. 841-854(14)
Authors: Kataoka, Hiroyuki; Kimura, Yuichi; Fujita, Hajime; Takatani, Setsuo

Development of a Novel, Remote-Controlled Artificial Bowel Sphincter Through Microsystems Technology
pp. 855-862(8)
Authors: Schrag, Hans-J.; Ruthmann, Olaf; Doll, Alexander; Goldschmidtböing, Frank; Woias, Peter; Hopt, Ulrich T.

Enhanced Bone Regeneration by Electrical Polarization of Hydroxyapatite
pp. 863-869(7)
Authors: Itoh, Soichiro; Nakamura, Satoshi; Nakamura, Miho; Shinomiya, Kenichi; Yamashita, Kimihiro

Constraint Stress, Microstructural Characteristics, and Enhanced Mechanical Properties of a Special Fibroblast-embedded Collagen Construct
pp. 870-877(8)
Authors: Feng, Zhonggang; Ishibashi, Makiko; Nomura, Yasutomo; Kitajima, Tastuo; Nakamura, Takao

Causes of Impaired Delivery of Hemodialysis Prescription
pp. 878-881(4)
Authors: Fourtounas, Costas; Kopelias, Ioannis; Paraskevopoulos, Aristides; Dimitriadis, George; Agroyannis, Basil

Hemodynamic Support With the Pulsatile Catheter Pump in a Sheep Model of Acute Heart Failure
pp. 881-888(8)
Authors: Li, Zhicheng; Gu, Y. John; Ye, Qing; Cheng, Shaofei; Wang, Weijun; Tang, Min; Zhao, Xiaogang; Rakhorst, Gerhard; Chen, Changzhi

A Flow Sensor Suitable for Use With Split-flow Ventilation—First Preclinical Data
pp. 888-891(4)
Authors: Wald, Martin; Jeitler, Valerie; Lawrenz, Karin; Weninger, Manfred; Pollak, Arnold; Kirchner, Lieselotte

Errata
pp. 892-892(1)

Upcoming Meetings
pp. 893-894(2)