About Clinical Engineering Research Center Faculty of Medicine Center

The Clinical Engineering Research Center Faculty of Medicine at Oita Unniversity was established as part of the Eastarn Kyushu Medical Valley Framework on 1st November 2011.

This course aims to create a stronghold for research and development in vascular and venous medicine in Oita prefecture and to foster personnel that can handle vascular and venous medical technology.This Clinical Engineering Course at Oita University has been endowed by a company in Oita prefecture, Kawasumi Laboratories Co,.Ltd.Another aim of this course is to consolidate the system for research and development by fostering collaboration between academia, industry and government.

This will include building a system that can coordinate research between clinical sites and companies.And finally, it aims to promote the basic research to strengthen the development capability and global competitiveness of the medical device makers which are grouped in Oita prefecture.

The goal to strengthen industrial development through an educational course is unprecedented at Oita University.

Reseach Programs

Long term circulatory assist with a miniature mixed-flow blood pump.
Development of a portable circulatory assist system.
Development of a new sternal binding belt using a woven twisted steel fiber.
Development of an atraumatic perfusion catheter.
Application of the bio-sheet to cardiac surgery.

Research Staff

Dr. Hirofumi Anai

SPECIALIZATION: Coronary artery surgery, Adult cardiac surgery, Artificial heart

LICENSE / BOARD CERTIFICATION

Certified Doctor and Specialist Physician by the Japan Surgical Society
Certified Doctor by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Medical Specialist-Cardiovascular Surgery
Operation Doctor-Implantable Auxiliary Artificial Heart

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

1991.5 Resident, Artificial Organ Dept, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
1994.7 Research Fellow, Texas Heart Institute(Houston Texas, U.S.A.)

Dr. Tadashi Tomo

SPECIALIZATION: Nephrology

DEGREE, LICENSE

1987.5 Medical doctor license ( No, 305745)
1992.8 Certified doctor of Internal Medicine (No, 1036, Japanese society of Internal Medicine)
1993.10 Certified doctor of Dialysis therapy (No, 2353 Japanese society of Dialysis therapy)
1995.10 Certified teaching doctor of Dialysis therapy(No,1144 Japanese society of Dialysis therapy)
2000.9 Ph. D. (Oita Medical University)
2005.4 Certified Nephrologist of Japanese society of Nephrology (No, 205067, Japanese society of Nephrology)
2008.4 Attending Nephrologist of the Japanese Society of Nephrology(No, 002360 , Japanese society of Nephrology)

INTERNATIONAL PATENT: Hironobu Murase, Tomo T Agent for inhibiting peritoneal membrane thickening：Patent No US 8,842,262,B2

Katsuhiro Hanada

SPECIALIZATION: Biophysics, welfare equipment, food science

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND / EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1996.3 Tokyo University of Science graduated from Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering Science
1996.4 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Biochemistry
2001.4 Research Institute for Mutagenic Genetics Department, National Pharmaceutical Food Hygiene Laboratory
2001.12 Dr. Erasmus University Medical Center Dutch researcher in the Netherlands
2005.11 Ph.D. researcher at Molecular Medicine Institute, Oxford University, UK
2008.10 Kyushu University Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences Biological Function Science Division Microbial Engineering Laboratory Academic Researcher
2010.4 Oita University School of Medicine Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine Assistant Professor
2015.4 Assistant Professor, Clinical Medical Engineering Center attached to Oita University Medical School

Contact us

Department of Clinical Engineering Center

CONTACT

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TEL：: +81-97-586-5138

FAX：: +81-97-586-5146

ADDRESS

（1F, Clinical Research Build.）1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City　OITA 879-5593, JAPAN