2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fundamental study on ureterolith formation in ureter stent
Project/Area Number |
24560211
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Fluid engineering
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Research Institution | Kanazawa Institute of Technology |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MORIYAMA Manabu 金沢医科大学, 氷見市民病院, 教授 (50278131)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Keywords | 尿管結石 / 尿管ステント / 結石破砕 / 医工連系 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We designed and produce an equipment for an ureterolith test using a real or model ureter stent and estimated effect of small pores geometry of the stent on ureterolith formation in comparison with CFD analysis of flow in the stents. As a result, it was found that somewhat difference was confirmed in ureterolith formation though a flow field in the stent was independent on the pore shapes in such low Reynold’s number condition. We also estimated behavior of a laser induced bubble for a laser lithotripsy. A bubble induced by a fiber-laser near a solid wall was observed by a high speed video camera under various laser irradiation conditions. As a result, characteristic bubble collapse behaviors and impacts toward a solid wall were obtained.
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Free Research Field |
流体工学
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