Anesthesia ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal

Anesthesia ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal

The apparatus for intrinsic dissolution test recorded in United States Pharmacopeia (USP) integrating with fiber-optic drug dissolution test system (FODT) were used to real-time monitor intrinsic dissolution processes of alliin in four media which were water, solution of HCl with pH 1.2, buffer solution of acetate with pH 4.5, and buffer solution of phosphate with pH 6.8. The intrinsic dissolution rate (IDR) and the similarity factor (f2) of two intrinsic dissolution curves with two apparatuses were calculated. The IDR values of alliin with rotating disk system were 28.1.3, 33.55, 28.38 and 30.95 mg x cm(-2) x min(-1) in four media, respectively. And the IDR values of alliin with stationary disk system were 44.16, 47.07, 45.11 and 51.34 mg x cm(-2) x min(-1), respectively. The similarity factors were 56.42, 50.75, 40.30 and 40.64, respectively. The results showed that the intrinsic alliin dissolution rates were much greater than 1 mg x cm(-2) x min(-1). It inferred that alliin dissolution would not be the rate limiting step to absorption.
Cysteine ; analogs & derivatives ; chemistry ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Solubility

Fiber-optic biosensor is now becoming a new research direction in biosensors. In recent 10 years it has got a compelling development and has been applied to medical pathogens, food toxicity, water pollution, biochemical weapons, fast detection for environmental samples, etc. In this paper its development is given out in detail.
Biosensing Techniques ; instrumentation ; methods ; Equipment Design ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Immunoassay ; instrumentation ; methods ; Optical Fibers

Bronchoscopy ; Female ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Respiratory Sounds ; diagnosis ; etiology

Bronchoscopy ; methods ; Female ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Respiratory Tract Diseases ; diagnosis ; therapy

Bronchoscopes ; Cysts ; surgery ; Epiglottis ; surgery ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal

OBJECTIVE: To develop a fiber Raman endoscopic probe that can be integrated in a gastroscope and evaluate its value in the diagnosis of gastric cancer. METHODS: The Raman spectra of gastric cancer tissues and normal tissues were obtained using the fiber Raman endoscopic probe and confocal microRaman spectroscopy. After preprocessing with smoothing, baseline elimination and normalization, the spectroscopic data were analyzed by the principle component analyses combined with stechiometry. Based on the pathological results, the diagnostic accuracy, sensitiveness and specificity of Raman spectroscopy combined with stechiometry were evaluated. RESULTS: The fiber Raman endoscopic probe and microRaman spectroscopy revealed significantly different Raman spectra between gastric cancer tissues and normal tissues. The diagnostic accuracy, sensitiveness and specificity of the fiber Raman endoscopic probe was 80.56%, 88.89%, and 84.72% for gastric cancer, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The fiber Raman endoscopic probe combined with stechiometry provides an effective modality for the diagnosis of gastric cancer and can well distinguish gastric cancer tissue from normal gastric tissues.
Endoscopy ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Spectrum Analysis, Raman ; Stomach Neoplasms

Adolescent ; Bronchoscopy ; methods ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Fiber Optic Technology ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric ; Male

Ultrafine poly (D, L-lactide) (PLA) fibers with diameter less than 200 nm produced by electrospinning were studied to obtain tissue restoration resembling extracellular matrix. Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the fiber morphology. Results showed that the solvent was the critical factor to determine the formation of the electrospun PLA fibers. Compared with acetone, N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) was a better solvent for PLA to electrospin. Entrance of an organic salt, triethylbenzylammonium chlorate, led to a great increase of the conductivity of PLA/DMF solutions, so that the average fiber diameter of the electrospun PLA fibers decreased dramatically from 500 nm to 100-200 nm. The addition of surfactant, Span-80, did not improve the fiber morphology but formed beaded fiber web.
Biocompatible Materials ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry ; Dimethylformamide ; chemistry ; Electricity ; Electrochemistry ; Fiber Optic Technology ; methods ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Polyesters ; chemistry ; Surface Tension