Medical Design Testing
Dyeing to figure out how the brain works
Voltage-sensitive dye and optical recording techniques are giving neuroscientists at Georgetown University's Department of Physiology and Biophysics a
Measurement versatility
The Roundtest RA-220 compact measuring machine from Mitutoyo America Corp, Aurora, IL, provides these analysis options...
IBM reinvents medical diagnostic testing
IBM's one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test is based on a silicon chip that can test for many diseases, including cardiovascular. Following a heart attack,...
Ceramics update mass spectrometers
As mass spectroscopy becomes ever more important to drug discovery and development and pharmaceutical quality assurance, companies making spectrometers...
Medical-material cutters
The Delta AbrasiMatic 300 series of abrasive cutters are for cutting medical materials or devices...
‘Driving’ nerve-cell research
State-of-the-art miniature motors are playing a pivotal role in the micro-world of nerve cells when it comes to research to develop new therapies for Parkinson’s disease and other nervous disorders. Data are also being used to improve the use of control interfaces for artificial limbs, writes Jim Lostetter in the August issue of Medical Design. Lostetter is Manager–Faulhaber DC Motors, MicroMo Electronics (micromo.com), Clearwater, FL. ...
Smart tracking of animal behavior
The Smart System, a video tracking system by Harvard Apparatus,
Implantable chip could be an artificial pancreas
Implanting a medical IC just under the skin would let it measure blood chemicals and release drugs based on what it senses...
Research shows ‘monkeying around’ may benefit the paralyzed
Monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury, according to an Associated Press report...
Designing for inspections and tests
In a completive global economy, many manufacturing firms have turned to rigorous inspection procedures thinking that will cut costs while boosting quality....
Designers intro to advanced medical adhesives
Advanced adhesives can improve the design of joints and the assembly of disposable and reusable medical devices....
