Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

New imaging technique in Alzheimer’s disease – opens up possibilities for new drug development

There are several different methods of producing images showing the changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The tau PET method reveals the…

Medical Engineering

Light Therapy Targets Lethal Arrhythmia in Heart Health

Ventricular fibrillation! When the heart muscle races and no longer contracts in an orderly fashion, sudden death often follows due to the lack of blood…

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Cell-Compatible OLEDs Advance Light Therapy for Wound Healing

Light therapy is an important means of promoting the healing of wounds. Difficult and protracted healing processes of the skin, such as are due to chronic and…

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Non-Wearable Sensors Detect Fall Risks for Seniors Quickly

“We have developed a non-wearable sensor system that can measure walking patterns in the home, including gait speed and stride length,” said Marjorie Skubic,…

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Goodbye Implants Rejection: New Thermal Innovation Unveiled

A group of Russian physicists, with the contribution from their Swiss colleagues, developed a way to use the therapeutic effect of heating or cooling the…

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Drexel University’s Intravenous Swim Team Innovation Explained

Drexel University researchers, led by MinJun Kim, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering, have successfully pulled off a feat that both sci-fi fans and…

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MRI technique induces strong, enduring visual association

Working with colleagues in Japan, the scientists at Brown University used a novel technique to surreptitiously train a small group of volunteers to associate…

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New Device Enhances 3D Breast Imaging with Less Radiation

Preliminary tests have demonstrated that a new device may enable existing breast cancer imagers to provide up to six times better contrast of tumors in the…

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Exploring Innovations in Vascular Bypass Procedures

Coronary or peripheral bypasses are the most frequently performed vascular operations. Although one million patients per year and around the world, undergo…

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Endovenous Laser Ablation: New Insights on Varicose Veins

However, this kind of therapy is associated with significant collateral damage because of the high output power of the laser. Therefore, it is an important…

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Compact Laser Innovation from Moscow and Belarus Universities

A team of the Lomonosov Moscow State University scientists and the Belarusian National Technical University has created a unique laser, which is a compact…

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Innovative Tech for Analyzing Cardiovascular Blood Vessels

The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology would like to change this. This group of researchers are thus working…

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New Method Extends Life of Implantable Medical Devices

Blood-contacting implantable medical devices, such as stents, heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal support systems, as well as vascular…

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Minisensor Alerts Users to Impending Epileptic Seizures

Epileptic seizures can take very different courses: Some of those affected smack their lips; others engage in unmotivated fumbling with their clothing; others…

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New Live-Imaging Technique Enhances Mouse Brain Studies

University of Oregon scientists have looked into the brains of living mice to see in real time the processing of sensory information and generation of…

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New Implant by Aesculap AG Tackles High Blood Pressure

The Tuttlingen medical technology company Aesculap AG has founded the Freiburg startup neuroloop GmbH in cooperation with the University of Freiburg and the…

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