Ohuchi K, Takatani S. Currently available ventricular-assist devices: capabilities, limitations and future perspectives, Expert Rev Med Devices 3(2); 195-205, 2006
Asama J, Shinshi T, Hoshi H, Takatani S, Shimokohbe A. A Compact Highly Efficient and Low Hemolytic Centrifugal Blood Pump with a Magnetically Levitated Impeller, Artif Organs 30(3): 160-167, 2006 March.
Kido K., Hoshi H., Watanabe N., Kataoka H., Ohuchi K., Asama J., Shinshi T., Yoshikawa M., and Takatani S. Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Pediatric Tiny Centrifugal Blood Pump (TinyPump). Artif Organs 30(5): 392-399, 2006 May.
Hoshi H, Asama J, Hara C, Hijikata W, Shinshi T, Shimokohbe A, Takatani S. Detection of left ventricle function from a magnetically levitated impeller behavior. Artif Organs 30(5): 377-83, 2006 May
Watanabe N., Kataoka H., Yasuda T., and Takatani S. Dynamic Deformation and Recovery Response of A Red Blood Cell to Cyclically Reversing Shear Flow: Effects of Frequency of Cyclically Reversing Shear Flow and Shear Stress Level, Biophys J 91(5):1984-1998, 2006 Sept.
Kataoka H, Kimura Y, Fujita H, Takatani S. Influence of radial clearance and rotor motion to hemolysis in a journal bearing of a centrifugal blood pump. Artif Organs 30(11): 841-854, 2006 Nov.
Hoshi H, Asama J, Hara C, Hijikata W, Ohuchi K, Shinshi T, Shimokohbe A, Takatani S. Hemolytic Performance of a MagLev Disposable Rotary Blood Pump (MedTech DispoTM): Effects of MagLev Gap Clearance and Surface Roughness. Artif Organs 30(12):950-955, 2006 Dec.
Lee I, Kobayashi K, Sun HY, Takatani S, Zhong LG. Biomembrane mimetic polymer poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl Phosphorylcholine-co-n-butyl methacrylate) at the interface of polyurethane surfaces. J Biomed Mater Res 79A:(DOI:1002/jbm.a.30951), 2006 Dec.
Yokoyama Y, Medart D, Hormes M, Schmitz C, Kwant P.B., Takatani S, Schmitz-Rode T, Steinseifer U. CFD Simulation of a Novel Bi-leaflet Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis. Int J Artif Organs, 2006 Dec.