Tokyo Women's Medical University

School of Medicine

Clinical Engineering

Overview

The Department of Clinical Engineering was established for the first time in Japan in the field of clinical medicine and is dedicated to research and treatment with the aim of creating new basic engineering technologies and applying them to actual clinical practice. In addition, we work closely with the Department of Clinical Engineering to ensure the safe and reliable execution of clinical engineering-related tasks within the hospital. In terms of education and research, we consider clinical engineering in general, including artificial organs and BME (Biomedical Engineering), to be a specialized field, and the greatest feature of our university is that we can establish a consistent research system from basic research to clinical application in collaboration with other medical departments. Furthermore, we are also conducting collaborative research with the Institute for Advanced Biosciences and TWIns and have begun basic and applied research that will lead to the creation of new medical technologies.

Education Details

(S8 Basic Treatment Method Types and Principles of Medical Devices)
Safety management of medical devices, medical device safety management system, training on medical devices, maintenance and inspection of medical devices, collection of information on medical devices, central management of medical devices, infusion and syringe pumps, ventilators, ECG monitors, ME scalpels (medical safety, infusion therapy, respiratory therapy, ECG, surgical devices)
(S8 Basic Therapy: Types and Principles of Artificial Organs)
Artificial valves, pacemakers, artificial hearts, artificial lungs, artificial blood vessels and stents, artificial kidneys, intraocular lenses, cochlear implants, artificial skin, artificial tooth roots, artificial joints and bones
(Morphology and function of various biological organs, dysfunction and organ failure of biological organs, biomaterials)

Research Details

The following is a list of research themes that have been initiated or are planned.
1. Development of a monitoring (navigation) system for hemodiafiltration therapy
2. Research on intermittent hemodiafiltration (I-HDF)
3. Research on biocompatibility of blood purification devices (adhesion proteins)
4. Evaluation of oxidative stress (unstable iron pool) induced by hemodialysis
5. Development of a dialysis machine to support home hemodialysis
6. Search for novel markers related to the prognosis of renal failure treatment
7. Development of novel medical engineering therapy for conservative renal failure
8. Development of new artificial organs based on IoT technology
9. Development of AI-equipped life-support devices
10. Impact of systematic errors in measurement methods on healthcare costs

Faculty

Shingo Ichiba

Graduate School

Lecture: Substitute Organs Field "Artificial Organs and Biomaterials"
Practical training: Substitute Organs Field "Introduction to extracorporeal circulatory systems" in the field of replacement organs

Related links

Research Achievements Database

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