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R&D: Medical
Scientists have shown that amputees can actually be convinced that the prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. They do this by going beyond the “seeing is believing” idiom based on...
R&D: Communications
A new wireless eye-tracking technology is based on electro-oculography (EOG), an ophthalmology technique used to examine eyes and record eye movement. The technology, which is integrated into a standard pair...
Features: Medical
www.medinnovationevent.com
Medical devices are an innovative, essential, and rapidly evolving component of healthcare technology and delivery. This...
Features: AR/AI
Digital design tools — computer modeling and realistic simulation — have emerged as key contributors to success in medical device product design and manufacturing, and increasingly in the...
Global Innovations: Medical
London, UK
www.imperial.ac.uk
In a series of procedures carried out by a team at Imperial College London at St Mary’s...
R&D: Medical
A new type of soft and stretchable sensor could find uses in applications ranging from athletics and health monitoring to prosthetics and virtual reality. The technology, called iSoft, is capable of...
Features: Regulations/Standards
The reliability of the embedded software used in medical devices and the risk associated with it has become a vital concern. IEC 62304, “Medical device...
Features: Medical
For years, anatomical models have played important roles in hospitals and healthcare facilities. From educational aids to practice dummies, these models serve many functions for...
Features: AR/AI
The global biophotonics market is estimated to reach $91.31 billion by 2024, according to a report by Grand View Research, San Francisco, CA. The developments in optical...
Global Innovations: Medical
www.unibas.ch
Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical...
Features: Connectivity
The next industrial revolution is on its way. It is bringing innovative technologies that are available and proven and placing them in the modern...
Briefs: Medical
For veterans who have lost a limb, a prosthesis is a lifeline. An artificial device not only provides mobility and enables routine activity, it can be life giving —...
R&D: Medical
Foot Device Controls Video Game Action
A group of graduate students from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, devised a sandal-like controller that allows a video game player to control the on-screen action with his feet. The team — dubbed GEAR, for Game Enhancing Augmented Reality — created the device for amputees or those with...
Briefs: Medical
Being able to manipulate virtual fingers, or even fingers attached to a functioning prosthetic device, is not the same as feeling like the device is part of your own body. Researchers at Arizona...
Features: AR/AI
At a time when the healthcare industry is undergoing profound foundational shifts and the regulatory and legislative...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
When you think of the word cave, you might think of a dark, hidden place, right? Not anymore. The CAVE™ and CAVE2™, developed by the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at...
Features: Electronics & Computers
Facing multiple challenges including cost pressure, global competition, and evolving market de mands, medical device companies may consider engaging with a design...
Features: Medical
We’ve all purchased new technologies, trinkets, and toys that were so counterintuitive that it was surprising how the product ever made it to market. While a poor gadget may present...
Features: Design
Most medical electronic systems now depend on combinations of hardware and software, forming elaborate mechatronic systems that both monitor and regulate patient...
Applications: Software
Medical device design presents specific challenges for finite element analysis (FEA) engineers, who are tasked with simulating the mechanical behavior of medical devices or their...
Briefs: Medical
Advances in body armor and life-saving technology have increased survival rates of severely injured military personnel. Unfortunately, the survivors of improvised explosive...
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