To evaluate muscle function accurately, it is necessary to simultaneously measure electromyogram (EMG) and mechanomyogram (MMG). We have developed an MMG/EMG hybrid transducer syst...

Percutaneous extracorporeal circulation therapies such as apheresis and hemodialysis are commonly used in intensive care units, hemodialysis centers, and clinically settings. In th...

Magnetocardiography (MCG) is an effective modality for clinical application and health monitoring due to non-contact measurement and mapping of heart activity at high spatial resol...

Cells sense the mechanical properties of their surrounding environment and activate intracellular signaling pathways that play important roles in cell survival, proliferation, diff...

This paper describes the designing of a fourth order low-pass filter (LPF) for portable ECG application. The proposed filter is designed by cascading one P-biquad and one N-biquad ...

A hemoconcentrator is installed as a part of cardiopulmonary bypass to concentrate the blood by removing excess water and unnecessary electrolytes from the blood diluted with myoca...

Electrodes that output electric current as conduction current are widely used to stimulate nerves and cardiac cells in human body. We designed a photoelectric dye-coupled polyethyl...

During walking, arm and leg swings in healthy people are closely coupled temporally by interlimb coordination. A split-belt treadmill contains two belts that can be driven at diffe...

The aim of this study was to measure maximum isometric force under two different conditions: active and passive conditions. The electromyograms (EMGs) were also measured. The elbow...

The arterial baroreflex system is an important negative feedback system that controls arterial pressure (AP) within a normal range during daily activities. We have analyzed this sy...

Recent advances in in vivo neuroimaging have encouraged the development of noninvasive methods using near-infrared (NIR) light. The low resolution images through the skull with tra...

Our aim was to evaluate the effects of a 4-week training program using a self-powered pedaling wheelchair on brain perfusion in patients presenting with lower limb hemiparesis due ...

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the usefulness of a small inertia sensor for quantitativeclassication of movement disorders based on the change in mechanical energy i...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease, in which symptoms appear or intensify suddenly, even when patients are being monitored by doctors. Continuous measurement is important to m...

It has been reported that increased intermittent non-Gaussian fluctuations in the instantaneous amplitude of low-frequency heart rate variability (LF-HRV) are related to high morta...

Simulation using computational methods is well-established for investigating mechanical and haemodynamic properties of blood vessels, however few groups have applied this technolog...

We developed an excretion monitoring system equipped with non-contact temperature sensor and a semiconductor gas sensor installed under a toilet seat. The gas sensor is able to det...

We have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) rehabilitation system for patients with stroke and motor paralysis, which provides proprioceptive feedback upon successful generat...

A new Hill-type model of skeletal muscle contraction referred to as the “SL/ST model” is proposed based on recent physiological findings: intact human skeletal muscles operate on t...

We studied the effects of interactive pressure on the delivery of hydrophobic rhodamine B to ex vivo heated artery walls to determine the optimal drug delivery conditions. The heat...