Angiodynamic and optical coupling analysis of skin tissue model under finite pressure / 生物医学工程学杂志

The pulse amplitude of fingertip volume could be improved by selecting the vascular dense area and applying appropriate pressure above it. In view of this phenomenon, this paper used Comsol Multiphysics 5.6 (Comsol, Sweden), the finite element analysis software of multi-physical field coupling simulation, to establish the vascular tissue model of a single small artery in fingertips for simulation. Three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations were solved by finite element method, the velocity field and pressure distribution of blood were calculated, and the deformation of blood vessels and surrounding tissues was analyzed. Based on Lambert Beer's Law, the influence of the longitudinal compression displacement of the lateral light surface region and the tissue model on the light intensity signal is investigated. The results show that the light intensity signal amplitude could be increased and its peak value could be reduced by selecting the area with dense blood vessels. Applying deep pressure to the tissue increased the amplitude and peak of the signal. It is expected that the simulation results combined with the previous experimental experience could provide a feasible scheme for improving the quality of finger volume pulse signal.

Effects of Heat Treatment Conditions on Shape Memory Recovery of NiTi Self-expanding Vascular Stents / 中国医疗器械杂志

Effects of heat treatment conditions (including temperature and time) on the shape memory recovery and corrosion resistance of NiTi self-expanding vascular stents were studied based on working mechanism and clinical use. The

Synthesis and cell biological properties of polyaspartic acid drug/gene vector / 浙江大学学报·医学版

OBJECTIVE: Taking polysuccinimide as the main chain, amine side chain and alkyl side chain were grafted to prepare the drug/gene co-delivery vector. The property of the polymers with various side links were investigated to select an optimal vector. METHODS: Poly-D, L-polysuccinimide was synthesized by polymerization reaction of D, L-aspartic acid as monomer. Therefore, N, N-dimethylenedipropyl-triamine and 3, 3'-diaminodipropylamine were grafted with dodecylamine/adecylamine/octadecylamine at different proportions by ring-opening reaction to obtain amphiphilic PEECs. The structure of the material was confirmed by 1H NMR; the particle size and surface potential of the micelles were measured by dynamic light scattering; the critical micelle concentration (CMC) was determined by pyrene fluorescent probe; the RNA blocking ability was characterized by agarose gel electrophoresis; the release behavior of the PEECs was examined and the cytotoxicity, cellular uptake and gene silencing efficiency of the PEECs were studied at the cellular level. RESULTS A series of PEECs with different grafting rates was successfully synthesized. The particle sizes and surface potential of the PEEC derived micelles were between 250 nm and 350 nm and 27 mV and 45 mV, respectively, with a small CMC value. The RNA binding ratio of PEECs was at a mass ratio of about 0.8:1. MTT assay demonstrated that PEEC micelles had certain cytotoxicity. PEECs had excellent micelle formation, drug-loading and gene binding abilities, particularly, PEEC16-2 showed high gene silencing efficiency at the cellular level. CONCLUSIONS PEECs are able to co-delivery drug and gene, and PEEC16-2 micelles have the best ability of drug encapsulation and gene delivery.

Resting-state EEG network change in alpha and beta bands after upper limb amputation.

To investigate the reorganization of functional brain network following amputation, twenty-two right-hand amputees and twenty-four age- and education-matched controls participated in a resting-state EEG study. EEG networks in alpha and beta bands were constructed using phase synchronization. Both global and local network parameters were compared between amputees and healthy controls. In the aspect of global connectivity, amputees showed increased clustering coefficient (C), decreased characteristic path length (L) and increased small worldness (S) in alpha band, and an increase of L in beta band. Meanwhile, in comparison with the controls, the right-hand amputees have lower nodal degree (k) in the sensorimotor cortex but higher k in the parietal area in the right hemisphere in alpha band. These alterations of network following amputation implied a decreased inhibition from the intact sensorimotor area and increased connections in the right parietal area, which supported the unmasking theory. Such connectivity changes might also relate to the phantom limb phenomenon.