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One Day on The Liver
 

Poster Program

Poster Session 1
Thursday 6th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Artificial Liver & Artificial Lung
Moderators: K. Mottaghy (Aachen, Germany) , Y. Nose (Houston, USA)
No.
CLINICAL APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT WITH THE MOLECULAR ADSORBENT RECIRCULATING SYSTEM (MARS): IMPACT ON CYTOKINES AND GROWTH FACTORS  56
L.Colì, G. Donati, M.L.Cappuccilli, G. Cianciolo, F. Gozzetti, G. Comai, M. Piccari, V. Nastasi, E. Silvagni, F. Piscaglia, L. Bolondi, S. Stefoni (Bologna, Italy)
A CFD COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN A HOLLOW FIBER BIOREACTOR FOR ARTIFICIAL LIVER 57
F. Consolo, S. Truscello, F.M. Montevecchi, G.B. Fiore, A. Redaelli (Torino, Italy)
PERITONEAL IMPLANTATION OF CRYOPRESERVED ENCAPSULATED PORCINE HEPATOCYTES IN RATS WITHOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION: VIABILITY AND FUNCTION  58
R. Cursio, E. Baldini, G. De Sousa, A. Margara, J. Honiger, M-C. Saint-Paul, P. Bayer, V. Raimondi, R. Rahmani, J. Mouiel, J. Gugenheim (Nice, France)
NUMERICAL STUDY OF O2 CONSUMPTION AND AVAILABILITY IN A FULL-SCALE MODEL OF THE AMC BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER WITH IN VITRO DETERMINED HEPATOCYTE DISTRIBUTION 61
G. Mareels, P. Poyck, S. Eloot, R. Chamuleau, P. Verdonck (Gent, Belgium)
MODIFICATION OF HEPATIC CELL CULTURE SURFACE FOR BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER DEVICE 63
A. Kinasiewicz, A. Smietanka, A. Makowska, A. Werynski (Warsaw, Poland)
BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT: A STANDALONE PERFUSED ROTARY CELL CULTURE SYSTEM 64
V. Lubei, M. Wurm, M. Caronna, R. Margreiter, C. Tetta, P. Hengster (Innsbruck, Austria)
MARS TREATMENT IN HBV PATIENTS IMPROVES MELD SCORE AND FOLLOW-UP A THREE MONTHS 67
G. Novelli, L. Poli , V. Morabito,  F. Ruberto, G. Mennini, A. Bussotti, F. Antonellis, M. Rossi, P.B. Berloco (Roma, Italy)
PEDIATRIC ACUTE LIVER FAILURE IN TREATMENT WITH MARS: EXPERIENCE OF UNIVERSITY LA SAPIENZA 68
G.Novelli, M. Rossi, L. Poli, F. Pugliese, V. Morabito, A. Bussotti, Q. Lai, P.B. Berloco (Roma, Italy)
COMPUTATIONAL MODEL SIMULATING ALVEOLAR REOPENING IN THE HUMAN LUNGS 71
B. Kuraszkiewicz, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
PREDICTIONS OF EPITHELIAL CELL STRESSES DURING AIRWAY REOPENING – MODEL STUDY 72
B. Kuraszkiewicz (Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL CASE STUDY: IMPROVING OF BLOOD OXYGENATION THAT FELL AFTER POSITION CHANGE OF AN OLDER PATIENT 74
T. Golczewski, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL LUNGS IN AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM FOR E-LEARNING OF SPIROMETRY 75
T. Gólczewski, M. Michnikowski, W. Tomalak (Warsaw, Poland)
INFLUENCE OF VENTILATION MODE ON BLOOD OXYGENATION  - ANALYSIS WITH LUNGS AND CARDIOVASCULAR MODELS 76
T. Golczewski, K. Zieliński, K.J. Palko, G. Ferrari, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
THE COMPARISON INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ADDED COMPLIANCE AND END-INSPIRATORY PAUSE METHODS 77
K.J. Palko, K. Zielinski, M. Kozarski, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL THERAPIST AS A COMPUTER TOOL FOR THE REDUCTION OF RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCES IN STUTTERING  78
B. Stankiewicz, K. Zielinski, B. Adamczyk, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION VIA VARIOUS-SHAPED INFANT ENDOTRACHEAL TUBES. IN VITRO  STUDY 79
B. Stankiewicz, J. Glapinski, M. Darowski, M. Rawicz, B. Woloszczuk-Gebicka, M. Guć, M. Michnikowski (Warsaw, Poland)
ENCAPSULATION OF C3A CELLS INTO ALGINATE MICROCAPSULES FOR THE POTENTIAL USE IN A BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER DEVICE 209
J. Hartmann, S. Harm, K. Strobl, D. Falkenhagen (Krems, Austria) 
Poster Session 1
Thursday 6th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Biomaterials
Moderators: T. Groth (Halle, Germany) , G. von Sengbusch (St. Dionys, Germany)
No.
PLANIMETRIC ANALYSIS OF IMPLANTED ELECTROSPUN PDS-PLA GRAFTS IN THE RAT SYSTEMIC ARTERIAL CIRCULATION 85
M. Cikirikcioglu, R. Pfister, E. Pektok,  J.C. Tille,  A. Kalangos, G. Bowlin, B.H. Walpoth (Geneve, Switzerland)
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROSPUN POLY(E-CAPROLACTONE) HEART VALVE FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICAITONS 87
M. Grigioni, C. Del Gaudio, A. Bianco (Rome, Italy)
DYNAMIC LOCAL MECHATRONIC PROPERTY MEASUREMENT OF COAGULATION WITH MICRO VIBRATING ELECTRODE 88
S. Hashimoto, S. Mochizuki, D. Inoue, M. Okada, T. Miyazaki, T. Sahara, K. Yamasaki, H. Kondo, T. Fujisato, H. Otani, H. Imamura, T. Iwasaka (Osaka, Japan)
RELEASING OF LEUPROLIDE ACETATE LOADED ON AN IN SITU FORMING SYSTEM 90
R. Mashayekhi, H. Mobedi (Tehran, Iran)
CHARACTERIZATION OF WET PS/PVP FILM SURFACES BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY 91
M. Matsuda, K. Yamamoto, T. Yakushiji, M. Fukuda, T. Miyasaka, K. Sakai (Tokyo, Japan)
ALBUMIN-HEPARIN COATED DIAION PA408 ANION EXCHANGE RESIN FOR PSAF ARTIFICIAL LIVER SYSTEM 94
C. Mun, B. Min, K. Lim, S. Lee (Seoul, Korea)
CARBONIC SORBENTS FOR BLOOD PURIFICATION: NEW PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES 95
V.G. Nikolaev, V.V. Sarnatskaya, S.V. Mikhailovskiy, K.I. Bardakhivskaya, E.A. Snezkova, L.A. Yushko, L.A. Sakhno, V.N. Maslenny, Sh.Z. Kasymov, A.S. Sidorenko, A.V. Nikolaev (Kiev, Ukraine)
TISSUE REPAIR USING CELL SEEDED SCAFFOLDS 97
U. Nydegger, M. Siepe, H. Jenzer, H. Tevaearai, (Bern, Switzerland)
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL AQUEOUS ANTITHROMBOGENIC COATING MATERIAL: HEPARIN BIOCONJUGATE WITH A THERMORESPONSIVE STAR POLYMER 99
R. Okahashi, R. Iwai,, K. Uchida, Y. Nemoto, Y. Nakayama (Osaka, Japan)
BIOCOMPATIBILITY EVALUATION OF BIODEGRADABLE MATRIXES TREATED BY VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION 101
E. A. Remeeva, I. B. Rozanova, V.I. Sevastianov (Moscow, Russia)
BIOPHOTOPOLYMERS FOR HARD TISSUE REPLACEMENT 102
M. Schuster , C. Turecek, J. Stampfl, F. Varga, R. Liska (Vienna, Austria)
EVALUATION OF BIOPHOTOPOLYMERS FOR BONE REPLACEMENT MATERIALS CAPABLE FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING 104
C. Turecek, M. Schuster, S. Baudis, R. Liska, J. Stampfl, F. Varga (Vienna, Austria)
THE DEPOSITION TRANSFECTION TECHNOLOGY USING A DNA COMPLEX WITH A THERMORESPONSIVE STAR POLYMER 106
Y.M. Zhou, R. Okahashi, A. Ishikawa, K. Uchida, Y. Nemoto, M. Nakayama, Y. Nakayama (Osaka, Japan)
ARTIFICIAL CARRIER FOR NANOPARTICLES – TARGETED DELIVERY OF DRUGS 195
H. Bäumler, M. Brähler, R. Georgieva, A. Höning, A. Müller, M. Müller, J. Pinkernelle,  U. Teichgräber (Berlin, Germany)
TOXICITY TEST OF LUMINESCENT NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON PARTICLES 197
M. Hiruoka, K. Sato, K. Hirakuri, K. Fujioka, K. Yamamoto (Tokyo, Japan)
Poster Session 1
Thursday 6th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Fluid Dynamics, Modelling & Simulation
Moderators: E. Leonard (New York), P. Verdonck (Gent, Belgium)
No.
ANALYSIS OF MICRO FLUID DYNAMICS AND METABOLITES TRANSPORT IN SCAFFOLDS FOR HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL CULTURE 135
M. Cantini, G.B. Fiore, A. Redaelli, M. Soncini (Milan, Italy)
CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION WITH TWO SUPERIOR VENAE CAVAE: STUDY OF THE OPTIMAL VEINS-TO-ARTERIES INXERTION ANGLE 138
M. Grigioni, C. Del Gaudio, G. D’Avenio, S. Donatiello, A. Amodeo (Rome, Italy)
AN INVESTIGATION ON THE PULSE WAVE PROPAGATION IN BLOOD VESSELS 140
G. Pallotti, P. Pettazzoni, M. Slawomirski, M.G. Bernardi, F. Burrai, E. Caroli (Bologna, Italy)
USEFULNESS AND LIMITATION IN PREDICTION OF A  SHIFT IN A  FUTURE NUMBER OF JAPANESE MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS BY APPLYING A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER-APPROXIMATING MATHEMATICAL MODELS 156
T. Agishi, S. Kikuchi, T. Sato, N. Kawashima (Tokyo, Japan)
DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL HEART FAILURE MODEL IN THE GOATS INDUCED BY RAPID VENTRICULAR PACING WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES 157
A. Baba, Y. Shiraishi, Y. Saijo, K. Sekine, H. Liu, I. Saito, P. Dobšák, Y. Abe, T. Yambe, T. Toyo-oka, J. Vašků, K. Imachi (Sendai, Japan)
USER FRIENDLY SELF-TUNING CIRCULATORY MODEL: A TOOL FOR CLINICAL, RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS 159
G. Ferrari, M. Kozarski, Y.J. Gu, K.J. Palko, K. Zieliński, K.Górczyńska, M. Darowski, G. Rakhorst (Rome, Italy)
MODELING OF THE ENDOVENTRICULAR SHAPER 162
Z. Malota, Z. Nawrat, T. Kukulski , P. Kostka (Zabrze, Poland)
A LUMPED PARAMETER MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE UNCONTROLLED PULSATILITY IN ROLLER PUMP 163
F. Moscato, F. M. Colacino, M. Arabia, G. A. Danieli (Rende, Italy)
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANATOMICALLY IDENTICAL SILICONE CAROTID BIFURCATION MODEL WITH ARTIFICIAL PLAQUE AND IT’S APPLICATION FOR STENTING TECHNIQUE 164
Y. Okamoto, H. Yamaga, H. Yada, T. Tanaka, H. Kobashi, T. Terada, T. Itakura, K.Iwasaki, M. Umezu (Tokyo, Japan)
REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR MODELLING IN REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS 165
K.J. Palko, G. Ferrari, K. Zielinski, K. Gorczynska, M. Kozarski, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
VISCOELASTIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF BONE: A STUDY MODEL 166
G. Pallotti, P. Pettazzoni, M. Nichelatti, E. Caroli (Bologna, Italy)
A VARIABLE TIME-VARYING ELASTANCE APPLIED IN A HYBRID MODEL OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE  167
M. Kozarski, G. Ferrari, K. Zielinski, K. Gorczynska, K.J. Palko, A. Tokarz, M. Darowski (Warsaw, Poland)
A LIQUID-LIQUID-SYSTEM AS A MODEL FOR BLOOD FLOW IN CAPILLARIES 199
K. Schirrmann, U. Kertzscher, L. Goubergrits, W.M. Kübler, K. Affeld (Berlin, Germany)
Poster Session 1
Thursday 6th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Tissue Engineering
Moderators: S. Nehrer (Krems, Austria) , B. Walpoth (Geneva, Switzerland)
No.
DECELLULARIZED PORCINE VALVE SCAFFOLDS MODIFIED WITH CARBODIIMIDE FOR HEART VALVE TISSUE ENGINEERING 169
A. Baranska, B. Irzyk, J. Nożyński, A. Majkusiak, P. Wilczek, R. Wojnicz (Zabrze, Poland)
COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED NEUTROPHIL ADHESION AND ACTIVATION ON DECELLULARIZED PORCINE HEART VALVE TISSUE 170
F. Bastian, M. Stelzmüller, E. Rieder, E. Eichmair, MT. Kasimir, P. Simon, G. Weigel (Vienna, Austria)
THE EFFECT OF OXYGEN AS A TOOL TO VALIDATE PRIMARY CALF OSTEOBLASTS AS AN IN VITRO MODEL FOR BONE TE 173
I. De Napoli, G. Catapano (Rende, Italy)
DETOXIFICATION AND ENDOTHELIALIZATION OF GLUTARALDEHYDE FIXED COLLAGEN SCAFFOLDS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING  174
N.W. Guldner, I. Jasmund, V. Mayer, H. Gebert, M. Heinlein, H. Sievers (Luebeck, Germany)
IN VITRO HYDRODYNAMIC FUNCTIONS OF “BIOVALVES” - MECHANICAL COMPATIBILTY BEFORE IMPLANTATION 177
K. Kanda, K. Hayashida, M. Onoyama, T. Tajikawa, K. Ooba, T. Ooie, Y. Okamoto, Y. Nemoto, H. Ueda, H. Yaku, Y. Nakayama (Kyoto, Japan)
THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL SUBLAYER FOR THE GROWTH OF FIBROBLASTS IN CORRECTION OF THE DERMAL DEFECTS  178
V. Zaporozhan, O. Kholodkova, D. Pykhtyeyev (Odessa, Ukraine)
MYOCARDIAL EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX NORMALIZATION BY ELECTRICAL MICROCURRENT APPLICATION IN VIVO. BASICS FOR A NOVEL HEART FAILURE TREATMENT 179
J. Mueller, B. Kapeller, U. M. Losert, K. Macfelda (Berlin, Germany)
DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOVASCULAR STENT COVERED WITH BIODEGRADABLE SALMON COLLAGEN 181
N. Nagai, Y. Nakayama,  K. Mori, S. Yunoki, M. Munekata (Hokkaido, Japan)
REGENERATION OF CENTRAL NERVOUS TISSUE USING A COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD AND ADIPOSE DERIVED STROMAL CELLS 182
A. Nakada, S.Fukuda, S. Ichihara, S. Itoi, Y. Inada, K. Endo, T. Nakamura (Kyoto, Japan)
CONTROL OF MECHANICAL STIMULATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTS IN A BIOREACTOR  185
A. Runtemund, C. Haasper, B. Glasmacher, M. Jagodzinski (Hannover, Germany)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOLOGOUS TISSUE-COVERED STENT “BIOCOVERED STENT” - PILOT ANIMAL IMPLANTATION EXPERIMENTS 186
O. Sakai, K. Kanda, K. Hayashida, H. Yaku, Y. Nakayama (Osaka, Japan)
INJECTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE POLY (DL-LACTIDE-CO-GLYCOLIDE) CARBOXYL TERMINATED FOR CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING: IN VIVO  187
A. Solouck, H.Mirzadeh, H. Yeganeh (Tehran, Iran)
RIFAMPIN AND TANNIC ACID TREATMENT OF PORCINE PERICARDIUM 188
A. Turek, B. Cwalina, L. Pawlus-Lachecka, J. Nozynski, Z. Dzierzewicz (Sosnowiec, Poland)
THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON TISSUE STRUCTURE DURING PERICARDIUM STERILIZATION BY ANTIBIOTICS 189
A. Turek, B. Cwalina, L. Pawlus-Lachecka, Z. Dzierzewicz (Sosnowiec, Poland)
DESIGN AND PRELIMINARY TEST OF A NEW BIOREACTOR FOR DYNAMIC CULTURE OF AORTIC VALVE CONSTRUCTS 190
R. Vismara, M. Soncini, L. Dainese, A. Guarino, A. Redaelli, G.B. Fiore (Milan, Italy) 
IMPORTANCE OF FLOW IN ENDOTHELIAL-SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING SEPSIS 212
D. Schwanzer-Pfeiffer, E. Rossmanith, K. Hellevuo, D. Falkenhagen (Krems, Austria)
EVALUATION OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE/TISSUE ENGINEERING APPROACHES BY HEALTH TEHCHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 217
E. Falkner, C. Eder, C. Wild (Vienna, Austria)
IMPLEMENTATION OF ECIS TECHNOLOGY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL WOUND-HEALING PROMOTING SUBSTANCES 218
C. Wiesner, J. Kopecky, M. Pflüger, H. Hundsberger, D. Stys, B. Entler, C. Kleber, R. Lucas, W. Schütt  (Krems, Austria)  
Poster Session 2
Friday 7th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Artificial Heart & Cardiac Assist
Moderators: J. F. Del Canizo (Madrid, Spain) , H. Schima (Vienna, Austria)
No.
TIME RESOLVED PIV VENTRICULAR FLOW FIELD STUDY OF DIFFERENTLY DESIGNED CONTEMPORARY BI-LEAFLET MITRAL VALVES  8
T. Akutsu, T. Fukuda,  J. Saito (Yokohama, Japan)
PULSATILE LVAD IN A PIG EXPERIMENTAL MODEL: LEFT VENTRICLE-LVAD SYNCHRONICITY PRELIMINARY STUDY 9
R. Pérez-Caballero, A. Heredero-Jung, H. Rodríguez-Abella,G. Cuerpo-Caballero, J. López-Menéndez, A. Donado,B. Quintana, J.J. Gomez de Diego, D. Rodríguez Martínez, A. González-Pinto (Madrid, Spain)
TORQUE MEASUREMENTS ON CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTS IN NMR SCANNERS: A RELIABLE METHOD FOR RISK ANALYSIS AS FROM ISO EN 14971 10
M. Grigioni, G. D’Avenio, R. Canese, F. Podo (Rome, Italy)
STEREO PIV ON MECHANICAL HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS TESTED ON THE RWTH PULSE DUPLICATOR 11
M. Grigioni, G. D’Avenio, K. Hamilton, U. Morbiducci, U. Steinseifer (Rome, Italy)
CFX-SIMULATION OF INFLUENCE OF VALVES ON HEMODYNAMICS IN ARTIFICIAL VENTRICLE WITH MEMBRANE 13
V.V. Morozov, A.V. Zhdanov, N.S. Provorova (Vladimir, Russia)
THE EFFECT OF SHAPE AND ANGLE ON INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP PERFORMANCE 108
G. Biglino, C. Kolyva, M. Whitehorne, J.R. Pepper and AW. Khir (Uxbridge, UK)
LOW COST PULSATILE CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICE 109
D. Rodríguez-Martínez, A. del Cañizo, J.F. Del Cañizo (Madrid, Spain)
ENDOTHELIUM–DERIVED NITRIC OXIDE PRODUCTION DURING CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: COMPARISON BETWEEN CONTINUOUS CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS AND BEATING HEART SURGERY 114
E. Lanzarone, A. Fumero, F. Gelmini, M. Orioli, M. D’Arienzo, R. Scotti, G. Aldini, F. Morazzoni, M. Carini, M.L. Costantino, R. Fumero (Milan, Italy)
ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC DRIVER DESIGN FOR A DUAL-PULSATION BI VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE 116
P.J. Lu, M.Y Chan, T.C. Hsu, P.Y. Lin (Tainan, Taiwan)
AXIAL FLOW VAD CONTROL STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE LEFT VENTRICLE AFTERLOAD IMPEDANCE AND HELP PERFUSION 118
F. Moscato, F.M. Colacino, M. Vollkron, H. Schima, M. Arabia,G. A. Danieli (Rende, Italy)
AUTOMATED FREQUENCY-CONTROLLED WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES 119
T. Mussivand, A. Mizannojehdehi, M. Shams (Ottawa, Canada)
ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC FUNCTION FOR MICROMED-DEBAKEY VAD® RECIPIENTS 120
P. Naiyanetr, M. Vollkron, D. Zimpfer, S. Sandner, G. Wieselthaler, H. Schima (Vienna, Austria)
A SHUNT MODEL TO ASSESS HEALING PATTERNS OF CANNULAE DESIGNED FOR CIRCULATORY SUPPORT  123
F. Rega, H. Bollen, I. Vantichelen, O. Marseille, R. Farnan, M. Martin, B. Meyns, E. Verbeken (Leuven, Belgium)
IN VIVO EVALUATION OF A NEW IMPLANTABLE, PULSATILE LVAD 125
P. Ferrazzi, M. Glauber, N. Borenstein, L. Behr, S. Rinaldi (Bergamo, Italy)
FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT OF AN NEWLY-DEVELOPED MYOCARDIAL ASSIST DEVICE USING SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY FIBRES
Y. Shiraishi, T. Yambe, Y. Saijo, K. Matsue, H. Liu, S. Nitta, A. Baba, K. Imachi, Y. Wada, R. Sakata, T. Tanaka, M. Uematsu, Y. Park, M. Umezu, A. Tanaka, M. Yoshizawa, F. Sato, K. Sekine, T. Fujimoto, H. Sasada, K. Tabayashi, E. Okamoto, D. Homma  (Sendai, Japan)   127
PULSE WAVE VELOCITY DURING CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE WITH UNDULATION PUMP VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (UPVAD) 128
T. Yambe, Y. Luo, M. Yoshizawa, S. Nitta, K. Imachi, Y. Abe (Sendai, Japan)
NEW ARTIFICIAL ORGAN = HYPERTHERMIA DRINKING STENT 201
T. Yambe, Y. Shiraishi, K. Sekine, G. Miyata, S. Satomi (Sendai, Japan)
HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AS INNOVATIVE TRAINING TOOL 203
G. D’Avenio, T. Balogh, M. Grigioni (Roma, Italy)
THE COMPLETELY IMPLANTABLE DLR ASSIST DEVICE: SYSTEM INNOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS 211
T. Schmid, W. Schiller, B. Vodermayer, D. Liepsch, A. Welz, G. Hirzinger (Wessling, Germany)
Poster Session 2
Friday 7th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Aritifcial Kidney
Moderators: H. Holzer (Graz, Austria) , H. Mann (Aachen, Germany)
No.
KINETICS OF PLASMA POTASSIUM DURING AND AFTER HAEMODIALYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE 18
Z. Antova, L.Tozija, K. Cakalaroski (Skopje, Macedonia)
THE INFLUENCE OF FISTULA BLOOD FLOW RATE ON DIALYSIS ADEQUACY IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS 27
P. Dzekova, P. Dejanov, V. Gerasimovska, A. Asani, S. Pavleska, G. Selim, S. Gelev, V. Amitov, A. Oncevski, A. Sikole (Skopje, Macedonia)
REMOVAL OF METHOTREXATE (MTX) IN ANURIC PATIENT: A CASE REPORT 29
A. Villani, M. Ferrannini, E. Staffolani, G. Vischini, N. Miani, S. Condò, N. Di Daniele (Rome, Italy)
ARTERIAL DISEASE IN ASYMPTOMATIC HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS  31
S. Gelev, G. Spasovski, S. Dzikova, S. Tosev, M. Bosevski, G. Selim, P. Dzekova, A. Asani, V. Amitov, A. Sikole (Skopje, Macedonia)
GLUCOSE INFLUENCE ON SMALL AND LARGE MOLECULES PERITONEAL TRANSPORT: COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN VITRO  32
T. Grzelak, B. Szary, K. Czyżewska (Poznan, Poland)
HEMODIAFILTRATION AND HIGH-FLUX HEMODIALYSIS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE SERUM VALPROATE LEVELS INDUCING EPILEPTIC SEIZURES: CASE REPORT 33
J. Gubensek, R. Ponikvar, B. Cebular, J. Buturovic-Ponikvar (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
REGIONAL CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION FOR SINGLE-NEEDLE HEMODIALYSIS: A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY 34
J. Gubensek, J. Buturovic-Ponikvar, R. Ponikvar (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION FOR POSTDILUTIONAL ON-LINE HEMODIAFILTRATION WITH CALCIUM CONTAINING DIALYSATE/INFUSATE 35
J. Buturovic-Ponikvar, J. Gubensek, R. Ponikvar (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
FLOW ANALYSIS ON HOLLOW FIBER DIALYZER: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE PROCESSING 36
J.C. Kim, J.H. Kim, J.Y. Park, B.G. Min (Seoul, Korea)
PREDICTION OF TOXIN CLEARANCE BY DETECTING CONDUCTIVITY OF DIALYSIS SOLUTION USING SINGLE ALTERNATING CURRENT  FREQUENCY VOLTAGE  37
W.H. Kang, S.M. Lee, D.S. Choi, K.M. Lim, B.G. Min (Seoul, Korea)
IN VIVO TEST OF THE COLD DIALYSATE RECYCLING SYSTEM 38
J.H. Kim, J.C. Kim, K.K. Lee, Y.M. Yoon, B.G.Min (Seoul, Korea)
PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, END STAGE RENAL DISEASE AND PATIENTS ON HAEMODIALYSIS: EXTRARENAL DISEASE ACTIVITY 41
M. Milovanceva Popovska, L. Grcevska, S. Dzikova, V. Ristovska, A. Sikole, M. Polenakovic (Skopje, Macedonia)
HEMOSTASIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ALPHA-1-ACID GLYCOPROTEIN IN ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 42
M.V. Osikov, E.V. Makarov, L.V. Krivohizhina (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY IN AN UREMIC PATIENT TREATED WITH SINGLE NEEDLE HAEMODIALYSIS 45
N. Miani, M. Ferrannini, E. Staffolani, G. Vischini, A. Naticchia, F.M. D’Ascenzo, N. Di Daniele (Rome, Italy)
PLATELET DYSFUNCTION IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE 47
M.V. Osikov, V.J. Akhmatov, L.V. Krivohizhina (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
ANAEMIA AND CARDIOVASCULAR  MORTALITY IN HEMODIALYSIS  PATIENTS:  THE  ROLE  OF  INFLAMMATION   AND   MALNUTRITION 50
G. Selim,  O. Stojceva-Taneva,  V. Amitov,  S. Gelev,  P. Dzekova,  A. Asani,   S. Pavleska,   A. Sikole (Skopje, Macedonia)
VASCULAR ACCESS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI) TREATED WITH HEMODIALYSIS/HEMOFILTRATION 52
R. Ponikvar, N. Škofic, J. Kovač, V. Premru, B. Knap, M. Benedik, J. Varl, J. Buturović (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
HYDRATION STATUS AND OVERHYDRATION IN HD PATIENTS    A EUROPEAN MULTICENTRE STUDY 55
J. Vlasak, P. Taborsky, P. Ponce, T. Jirka, P. Wabel, R. Wojke (Sokolov, Czech Republic)
L-CARNITINE AND ERYTROPOIETIN TREATMENT IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS 202
B. Dejanova, P. Dejanov, A. Sikole (Skopje,  Macedonia)
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR REGIONAL CITRATE-CALCIUM ANTICOAGULATION 207
M. Brandl, K. Strobl, J. Hartmann, K.H. Kellner, D. Falkenhagen (Krems, Austria)
OPTIMIZATION OF CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION 210
J. Hartmann, K. Strobl, U. Fichtinger; D. Falkenhagen (Krems, Austria)
Poster Session 2
Friday 7th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
Artificial Organs - Miscellaneous (Artificial Pancreas, Cell Therapy, Plasmapheresis, Tissue Engineering)
Moderators: B. Glasmacher (Hannover, Germany), W. Schütt (Krems, Austria)
No.
THE EFFECTS OF GRANULOCYTE AND MONOCYTE ADSORPTION APHERESIS ON PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONOCYTES IN THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS 5
H. Schulze, G. Waitz, D. Koczan, Ä. Glass, S. Petermann, W. Ramlow, S. Liebe, J. Emmrich (Rostock, Germany)
A NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING OF FOOT WOUNDS HEALING  80
P. Foltynski, P. Ladyzynski, K. Migalska-Musial, G. Rosinski, J. Krzymien, J. M. Wojcicki (Warsaw, Poland)
ATORVASTATIN (A) DID NOT IMPROVE THE METABOLIC VARIABLES DIFFERENTLY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE RENAL IMPAIRMENT AND DIABETES MELLITUS (DM) THAN IN THOSE WITHOUT DIABETES 81
B. Holmberg, M. Brännström, B. Bucht, E. Dimeny, A. Ekspong, B. Granroth, K.C.Gröntoft, H. Hadimeri, B. Ingman, G. Johansson, K. Lindberger, L. Lundberg, L. Mikaelsson, E. Olausson, B. Persson,  A.M. Wikdahl, C. Andersson, B. Stegmayr (Umeå, Sweden)
IMPACT OF MICROENCAPSULATION ON PIG ISLETS IN LONG-TERM CULTURE 82
J. Kinasiewicz, M. Antosiak-Iwanska, M. Sabat, E. Godlewska, E. Sitarek, T. Orlowski (Warsaw, Poland)
IMMORTALIZATION, SELECTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF A PROGENITOR HEPATIC CELL 130
S. Buttiglieri, V. Fonsato, M. B. Herrera, M. Caronna, C. Tetta, G. Camussi (Torino, Italy)
RECOVERY OF VISUAL RESPONSES BY AAV-MEDIATED CHANNELOPSIN-2 GENE TRANSFER IN GENETICALLY BLIND RCS RATS 131
M. Tamai, H. Tomita, M. Sugano (Sendai, Japan)
PHOTO CROSS-LINKED STAR VECTOR FOR HIGH EFFICIENT GENE DELIVERY 133
Y. Nemoto, Y.M. Zhou, Y. Nakayama (Yokohama, Japan)
IMPACT OF DONOR LIVER CHARACTERISTICS ON THE CELL FUNCTION OF PRIMARY HUMAN HEPATOCYTES 134
F.W.R. Vondran, E. Katenz, R. Schwartlander, M.H. Morgul, N. Raschzok, X. Gong, X. Cheng, P. Neuhaus, I.M. Sauer (Berlin, Germany)
ROBIN HEART VISION: TELEMANIPULATOR FOR CAMERA HOLDING – EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONALITY, USER ERGONOMIC AND PATIENT SAFETY 141
Z. Nawrat, P. Kostka, K. Rohr,  Z. Małota (Zabrze, Poland)
ERYTHROCYTES USED AS BIOREACTORS: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TEST SUSPENSION 143
G. Casagrande, R. Fumero, M.L. Costantino (Milan, Italy)
DEVELOPMENT OF MINIATURE-SIZED PRESSURE SENSOR FOR IMPLANTING IN ARTIFICIAL ORGANS  145
T. Fujimoto, Y. Tanaka, S. Nakano, M. Akiyama, S. Nakamura, Y. Takehana, M. Umezu (Tokyo, Japan)
SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ENCAPSULATED IN A HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE TREATED WITH TETRACYCLINE, IN VITRO OR IN VIVO  147
L.H. Granicka, J. Żołnierowicz, A. Weryński, J. Kawiak (Warsaw, Poland)
ADVISORY SYSTEM WITH DATABASE TO SUPPORT PATIENTS WITH CARDIO-VASCULAR PROTHEASES. GATHERING AND PROCESSING MULTI-SOURCE INFORMATION – PILOT STUDY 148
P. Kostka, Z. Nawrat (Zabrze, Poland)
MAGNESIUM URINARY EXCRETION IN RELATION WITH PROSTAGLANDINS AND PARATHYROID  HORMONE IN PREECLAMPSIA 151
L. Lozance, K. Zafirovska, S. Bogdanovska, B. Gerasimovska-Kitanovska, G. Severova, V. Malevska (Skopje, Macedonia)
A PRESSURE-ADJUSTABLE ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTER FOR OSTOMATES  152
Y. Luo,S. Amae, Y. Zhang, T. Yambe, T. Takagi  (Sendai, Japan)
DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME VISUAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM (RTVRS) FOR SCRUB NURSE ROBOT (SNR) AND ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF RTVRS-DRIVEN SNR DURING EXCHANGE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS 153
F. Miyawaki, K. Ohnuma, K. Yoshimitsu, K. Masamune, Y. Fukui (Saitama, Japan)
INFLUENCES OF OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE MICRODIALYSIS TECHNIQUE ON EFFICIENCY OF MONITORING OF THE INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA) AND HYPERGLICEMIC HYPEROSMOLAR STATE (HHS) 196
A. Ciechanowska, P. Ladyzynski, S. Sabalinska, M. Gutowska, J.M. Wojcicki (Warsaw, Poland)
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FLUORESCENT MICROPARTICLES AS MARKERS FOR PARTICLE TRANSFER IN THE MICROSPHERES-BASED DETOXIFICATION SYSTEM 208
M. Ettenauer, T. Posnicek, I. Linsberger, M. Brandl, V. Weber, D.  Falkenhagen (Krems, Austria)
IN VITRO CHARACTERIZATION OF THE REDESIGNED MITIHEARTTM LVAD  215
A.Z. Hunsberger, Z. Ren, S. Jahanmir, H. Heshmat, M. Tomaszewski, J. Walton  (Gaithersburg, USA)
Poster Session 2
Friday 7th
15:30 - 17:00 p.m.
SURFACE DEGRADATION OF PUR BASED VASCULAR ACCESS CATHETERS IN AQUEOUS LOCK SOLUTIONS LEADING TO ENHANCED COAGUALTION AND BIOFILM DEPOSITION CAN BE PREVENTED BY A SPECIFIC REACTIVE COATING 216
A. Schnell, R. Dietrich, S. Hagg, U. Haug, U. Ruhl, R. Deppisch (Hechingen, Germany)
AUTOTRANSFUSION OF ULTRAVIOLET – IRRADIATED BLOOD IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DERMATOSES 219
V.N. Korol (Kiev, Ukraine)
APPLICATION OF HYPNOSUGGESTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY IN BEFORE-PERFUSIVE PREPARATION OF PATIENTS 220
E.G. Korol, V.N. Korol (Kiev, Ukraine)