Medical Engineering

Medical Engineering

Tear Duct Implant Reduces Pain in Cataract Surgery Patients

The first tear duct implant developed to treat inflammation and pain following cataract surgery has been shown to be a reliable alternative to medicated eye…

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Siemens Unveils Symbia Evo Excel SPECT for Cost-Effective Scans

Siemens Healthcare introduces the Symbia Evo Excel SPECT system at the 27th Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). The system is a…

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Cheek Surgery: A Breakthrough in Epilepsy Treatment

For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate…

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Soviet Fixator Offers Effective Fracture Healing Alternative

The Ilizarov method was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s by Professor Gavril A. Ilizarov. The method involves drilling thin wires through the broken…

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Optris Fever Inspection System Enhances Airport Safety in Africa

Africa for instance has around 60 airports so it’s an important international challenge to prevent sick people flying. For this purpose you can use Optris’s…

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Novel culture system replicates course of Alzheimer's disease, confirms amyloid hypothesis

Using the system they developed, investigators from the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) now provide the first clear…

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Fast Drug Testing: New Technique Boosts Biomedical Results

The technique works by extracting minute quantities of target molecules contained in specimens of blood, urine or other biological fluids, and then testing the…

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'Smart' bandage emits phosphorescent glow for healing below

Inspired by a desire to help wounded soldiers, an international, multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Conor L. Evans at the Wellman…

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First Comprehensive Mesh-Free Simulation of Muscle Tissue

Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have completed the first comprehensive numerical simulation of skeletal muscle tissue using a method that…

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MIT Engineers Create High-Speed Drug Screening for Animals

MIT engineers have devised a way to rapidly test hundreds of different drug-delivery vehicles in living animals, making it easier to discover promising new…

Medical Engineering

'Skin-like' device monitors cardiovascular and skin health

A new wearable medical device can quickly alert a person if they are having cardiovascular trouble or if it's simply time to put on some skin moisturizer,…

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International Team Advances Medical Imaging with Optimal Polarization

An international research team led by Dr. Jan-Bernd Hövener from the Medical Physics Section of the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center – University…

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UTSA Researchers Uncover Thermometer That Regulates Cholera

Karl Klose, professor of biology and a researcher in UTSA's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has teamed up with researchers at Ruhr…

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Innovative Tumor-Microenvironment Chip Enhances Cancer Research

The new system, called a tumor-microenvironment-on-chip (T-MOC) device, will allow researchers to study the complex environment surrounding tumors and the…

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Wireless Sensor Measures Tumor Pressure for Better Treatment

The interstitial pressure inside a tumor is often remarkably high compared to normal tissues and is thought to impede the delivery of chemotherapeutic agents…

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New Microscopy Technique Reveals Insights Into Muscular Dystrophy

Scientists at USC have developed a new microscopy technology that allows them to view single molecules in living animals at higher-than-ever resolution.

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