Artificial Organs

Society News Vd. 4. No. 1

New Headquarters for the International Society for

Artificial Organs The headquarters of the Society and the editorial

office of Artificial Organs has been moved to the White Mansion, a charming and spacious old house which was once the home of a well known Cleveland industrialist and his family.

White Mansion 8937 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106 U.S.A. Tele: 216-421-0757

Please note the new address:

The White Mansion (Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Health Education Museum)

International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation

The Center is now also located in the White Mansion. There is now sufficient space to start col- lecting archives and other material such as early prototypes of artificial organs, archival material, exhibits of models and related equipment, current research papers and publications, etc. Please see page A6for a n Appeal for Materials and information on how to donate.

New additions to the Center’s staff are Scott M. Peters, M.A., Curator, and Mrs. Carolyn Ritley, Receptionist/Secretary. For the list of Center Trust- ees, Officers, Members of the Steering Committee

and the International Scientific Council, please refer to the November 1979 issue of Artificial Organs, page 327.

Some offers of donations of historically signifi- cant material have already been received. Arrange- ments will shortly be made for their acquisition and transport to the Center. Negotiations are in progress for housing the Travenol historical collection of arti- ficial kidneys in the Center.

When the first exhibits have been installed, a n official opening ceremony is planned and i t is hoped that this will take place sometime later this Spring.

Sincere thanks are extended to the following individuals who have made generous offers of dona- tions to The Center: Prof. Albert L. Babb Prof. Y. M. LeGal University of Washington Memorial Universitjr of Seattle, Washington, Newfoundland

U.S.A. Newfoundland, C a n a i a Prof. A. Carpentier Hopital Broussais Paris, Frafice Aachen, Federal Recublic T.M.S. Chang, M.D., Ph.D. McGill University Prof. Dr. S. Raptis Montreal, P.Q., Canada Athens University

Athens, Greece Kozahuro Hayashi, Ph.D. National Cardiovascular T.E. Spielberg, M.D.

Osaka, J apan U.S.A. Motokazu Hori, M.D. University of Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan Austria Prof. Dr. H. Klinkmann Klinik Fur Innere

German Democratic Republic

Dr. H. Mann Abteilung Innere Med:izin I1

of Germany

Center Research Institute Wellesley, Massachusetts,

Dr. Felix Unger University of Innshurk

Juro Wada, M.D. Tokyo Women’s Medical

Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Medizin, Rostock College

New Corporate Member An important Japanese medical products com-

pany, The Asahi Medical Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, has become the Society’s newest corporate member. Their support is sincerely appreciated.

Copies of Articles Appearing in Artificial Organs

The editors of Artificial Organs have entered into a n agreement with the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) whereby copies of articles will be provided by them. This method of duplicating mate- rial protected by copyright will avoid copyright infringement concerns on the part of anyone needing extra copies of pertinent articles. All material ap- pearing in Artificial Organs is protected by copy- right and this agreement does not extend to permis-

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February 1980 Society News

sion to use in any other way. For copies, address: Original Article Tearsheet Service (OATS), 2501 Market Street, University City Science Center, Phil- adelphia, Pa. 19104, U.S.A. Proceedings of the First and Second Meetings of ISAO

The Proceedings of the First Meeting of lSAO are presently available and advance orders are being accepted for the Proceedings of the Second Meeting. Please see page A5 for ordering information.

IFACIISAO Symposium The IFAC/ISAO Symposium on Control Aspects

of Artificial Organs will take place on September 24-26, 1980, i n Warsaw, Poland. Organized by the

Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engi- neering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Sym- posium will include papers on artificial heart and circulatory assist; artificial lung; artificial eye and ear; artificial /3 cell; hemodialysis and hemofiltra- tion; sorbents; peritoneal dialysis; hepatic assist; homeostasis; and drug infusion.

Inquiries concerning the scientific program should be sent to the Symposium Secretary: Dr. Woj- ciech Zmyslowski, Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, 00-818 Warszawa KRN 55, Poland. Inquiries concerning accommodations, ticket reservations, and fee payment should be addressed to: Polish Travel Office “ORBIS”, Congress Bureau, 00-950 Warszawa, P.0. Box 146, Poland.

The Journal will consider for publication suitable articles by nonmembers as well as by members of the International Society for Artificial Organs. Manu- scripts for publication, letters and all other communications relating to the editorial management of the Journal should be sent to the editorial office. Articles are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are contri- buted solely to Artificial Organs. Statements and opinions expressed in the articles and communications herein are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Editor(s) or publisher; the Editor(s) and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such material. Neither the Editor(s) nor the pub- lisher guarantee, warrant or endorse any product or service advertised in this publication, nor do they guarantee any claim made by the manufacturer of such product or service.

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