Abstract: An apparatus for assisting blood circulation includes an inflow tube which can be inserted into the right atrium from a peripheral blood vessel or which can be inserted into the left atrium from a peripheral blood vessel through the right atrium and the foramen ovale of the interarterial septum. An outflow tube is inserted into the aorta or into the carotid artery from a peripheral blood vessel to deliver the blood to the aorta or to the carotid artery. The outlet tube has an outlet for blood on the side of a upstream part of the tube and a blood pump which can take in the blood from the inflow tube and send out the blood to the outflow tube. When the former inflow tube is used, it also comprises an oxygen gas exchanger which exchanges carbon dioxide in the blood for oxygen. The apparatus can be very easily applied to the patient without thoracotomy to assist the circulation of blood.

Abstract: An electromagnetic energy seal for use in a microwave oven comprises a first sealing cavity formed along at least one of a peripheral edge portion of an entrance opening of a heating chamber and a portion of a door for opening and closing the entrance opening of the heating chamber which is opposite to the peripheral edge portion of the entrance opening of the heating chamber, and a second sealing cavity disposed in the opening of the first sealing cavity. These first and second sealing cavities have a simple structure which produces high shield effects against the fundamental microwave frequency and the higher harmonic microwave frequency components thereof, respectively, and the adjustment and optimization of the choking frequency characteristics of the cavities can be made easy.