Director, Professor Yoshinori OKADA
Professor (Additional) Yoshifumi SAIJO
Associate Professor Yasuyuki SHIRAISHI
Associate Professor (Appointed) Aoi FUKAYA
Assistant Professor Francis Chewe CHIKWETO



Medical Engineering and Cardiology Research for Bio-resilience

Pre-Clinical Research Center is the center for preclinical studies, evaluation of medical devices in the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, making sure researchers and customers have the examination support, quality management they need, with the good laboratory skills and simulation technologies for promoting preclinical studies and innovation with bio-resilience research.


Implantable artificial myocardium


Direct puncture blood pump

Research Topics

・Artificial internal organs, mechanical circulatory system
・Cardiovascular implants – congenital/adults
・Cardiovascular therapeutics and remodelling
・Blood trauma in biomedical instrumentation
・Modelling and simulation of cardiovascular systems