TETsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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TETS

1. (medicine) Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients.
   • 2006, Hidekazu Miura, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Tadakuni Sato, “Primary Power Factor Controlled Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System”, in Future Medical Engineering Based on Bionanotechnology, →ISBN:

     TETS however, has the problems of fluctuation of coupling factor and load resistance. TETS must be controlled to ensure stable power transmission.

   • 2007, Ryohei Saisho, Takuya Ohsugi, Masaya Watada, Yong-Jae Kim, Katsuhiro Ohuchi, Setsuo Takatani, Yong-su Um, “The re-design of Transformer portion in Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System for Left Ventricle Assist Device”, in World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, →ISBN, page 3150:

     The internal unit and TETS coil were implanted into subcutaneous space at the abdominal wall.

   • 2016, Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner, Wireless Computing in Medicine, →ISBN:

     A research team from the University of Pennsylvania tested the health effects of the TETS‐powered ventriculus sinister assistant device [63]. They implanted a 160 kHz max power 16.9W TETS system into a cow's body.

2. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine.
   • 2011, Gary Strange, William Ahrens, Robert Schafermeyer, Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Just the Facts, Second Edition, →ISBN:

     TETS binds noncompetitively and irreversibly to GABA receptors on neuronal cell membranes and blocks chloride channels.

   • 2013, GABA Receptors—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN:

     We characterized TETS as an activator of spontaneous Ca2+ oscillations and electrical burst discharges in mouse hippocampal neruonal cultures at 1317 days in vitro using FLIPR Fluo-4 fluorescence measurements and extracellular microelectrode array recording.

   • 2014, Charlie Charters, Bolt Action, →ISBN:

     And there is no proven antidote to TETS. Once ingested, the poison attacks the membranes of the neurone cells, causing death by convulsion in seconds.

   • 2016, Song Ying, Apricot's Revenge: A Crime Novel, →ISBN, page 158:

     In his stomach and vomit the ME found traces of Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine, commonly known as TETS, or, in simplest terms, rat poison.