Our group is working on innovative healthcare and medical devices that include low salt intake, fatigue monitoring, and artificial organs.

Plasmonic biosensing with high selectivity and stability has been developed by optimizing surface modification of gold nanoparticles. The method is based on dimer formation, where a target molecule is sandwiched between two gold nanoparticles. Selective counting of dimers in water enables reliable quantification of target molecules and also single-molecule Raman spectroscopy offers identification of target molecules.

We make the supporting system for the pathological diagnosis and skin texture analysis. The pathological diagnosis system is studied for supporting in the medical front, and the skin texture analysis system is researched for promotion of cosmetics makers. Both themes are developed for the actual use.

Health monitoring is more and more attractive technology to build a more reliable and comfortable society. To realize such society, we develop the technique such as the vital sign monitoring and the fall detection without any wearable devices.

Regenerative medicine requires a novel cell culture technology. Our research group aims to develop such cell culture technology using ultrasonic vibration. We will introduce an effective cell collection method using resonance vibration, and enzyme free cell detachment method etc.

We have developed innovative vascular angioplasty by means of laser-mediated-heat generation to treat arteriosclerotic stenotic artery without any vascular injuries. A dilation function as well as drug delivery characteristics were drastically improved. We have performed clinical trials.

We have proposed new arrhythmia therapy using the photodynamic therapy for cancer with sophisticated venture incubation and/or coordination of industry-government-university. International heart rhythm societies recognized that our methodology should be one of hopeful technology in the field.