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INSIDER: Medical
OCT Imaging Device Pinpoints Source of Chronic Ear Infections
Ear infections are the most common conditions that pediatricians treat. Studies have found that patients who suffer from chronic ear infections may have a film of bacteria or other microorganisms that builds up behind the eardrum; finding and monitoring these so-called biofilms are...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Correcting Aberrations in 3D Tissue Imaging
University of Illinois researchers have developed a technique to computationally correct for aberrations in optical tomography, which could provide faster, less expensive, higher-resolution tissue imaging to a broader population of users. Real-time, 3D microscopic tissue imaging may be useful for medical...
Mission Accomplished: Imaging
Three days a week, Dr. Grady Rylander treats patients at the Eye Institute of Austin, a private practice he joined 34 years ago after graduating from The University of...
Products: Electronics & Computers
A range of ultra-high integrity hermetic seals and feedthroughs from Douglas Electrical Components (Randolph, NJ) provides solutions for passing signals into and out of sealed X-ray tube enclosures. These products are...
Products: Imaging
Supertex (Sunnyvale, CA) has introduced two high-voltage, 32-channel analog switches: HV2801 and HV2901. Both ICs offer robust latch up protection and quiescent current of less than 10 μA, producing optical efficiency in...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Physical space constraints continue to impact advanced procedures such as single-incision laparoscopic surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, and other minimally invasive surgical procedures....
Products: Medical
The LSM 780 confocal laser scanning microscope from Carl Zeiss Microscopy (Thorn wood, NY) features a high-sensitivity GaAsP detector, software functions for single molecule and high dynamic range imaging, and a 355nm...
INSIDER: Imaging
Upgraded Endoscope Can Target Cancerous Tumors
A marriage between the endoscope and a new field of medical imaging — Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging (CLI) — may allow surgeons to more completely remove cancerous tumors. The technique, called Cerenkov Luminescence Endoscopy (CLE), offers advantages over both traditional endoscopic and imaging...
INSIDER: Medical
Taking A Closer Look at Traumatic Brain Injury
Each year, upwards of 1.5 million cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur in the United States. Conventional imaging methods don't always provide physicians with as much detail as they would like when it comes to determining how the injury damaged the patient's brain tissue, predicting how the...
Features: Imaging
Ultrasound has long been associated with diagnostic imaging, but it is increasingly being explored and utilized as a beneficial, non-invasive tool for applications ranging from surgery to therapy....
Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but evaluating it carries risks of its own. Though often beneficial, X-ray angiography and CT...
Global Innovations: Imaging
Surgeons use 3D X-rays to check the results before the patient has left the operating room. One issue with currently available 3D X-ray systems, such as C-arms, is that they interfere with the surgeon’s...
INSIDER: Medical
Nano Loudspeakers Could Improve MRIs
A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory describing how to both detect weak electrical signals and cool electrical circuits using light and something similar to a nanosized loudspeaker. The ability...
Products: Medical
Interface Catheter Solutions (Laguna Niguel, CA) has introduced the Auto-i 360 balloon visual inspection system with upgrades to reduce cycle times. The new system provides both visual/flaw in spection and...
Briefs: Imaging
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and their colleagues have developed a software tool that aims to make the detection of abnormalities in cell and tissue samples...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Doctoring up iPhones for Microscopy and Spectroscopy
A team of researchers from the University of California, Davis has transformed everyday iPhones into medical-quality imaging and chemical detection devices. Though they are not the first to tweak the smartphone in this way, this represents a simpler and more affordable method. Using materials...
Products: Software
DISCUS Software Company (Columbus, OH) has released the DISCUS 5.0, an update that further streamlines first article inspection and process planning for quality engineers. The release includes a new product,...
Briefs: Medical
Manufacturers of orthopedic implants take great care to ensure that their products are of the highest quality. One way they do this is by performing numerous...
Products: Medical
North Star Imaging (Rogers, MN) has introduced the X25 X-ray/ Computed Tomography (CT) system, which is shielded for up to 160kV and designed to integrate with a number of X-ray tubes and flat panel detectors for various...
Products: Test & Measurement
Quality Vision International (Rochester, NY) has introduced the full function benchtop digital measuring machine, the QVI SNAP™. SNAP’s digital megapixel camera with Native Video™ image processing...
Products: Medical
NVision (Coppell, TX) now offers industrial CT scanning for reverse engineering and full inspection of medical components. Industrial CT scanning utilizes X-ray equipment to produce 3D representations of both internal and...
Briefs: Medical
Worldwide, there is growing concern about how to protect public safety and increase cooperation among regulatory agencies to audit medical device companies and their suppliers....
Applications: Medical
Near-patient in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests depend on medical devices to perform diagnoses, generally in controlled environments and using non-invasive techniques...
Briefs: Imaging
Utilizing Machine Vision Engines for Advanced Quality Control and Object Detection
Incorporating machine vision engines into an OEM system with automated handling provides a wide range of benefits to the manufacturer. Machine vision engines are self-contained vision systems that include the optics, lighting, image sensor, electronics, and software...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
EPSON Robots (Carson, CA) has introduced a high performance 110 VAC power solution with EPSON C3 Compact 6 Axis Robots for non-manufacturing environments such as medical laboratories, clinics, and...
Products: Medical
Werth (Old Saybrook, CT) has introduced the Inspector® FQ, a multisensor coordinate measuring machine with linear drives. Positioning speed is up to 1,000 meters/second with acceleration speed of 10 meters/second2....
Products: Medical
Benetel (Dublin, Ireland) offers the BTS-115, an ISM band mass production test system (MTS) based on a National Instruments PXI modular compact test solution. The BTS-115 is suitable for OEMs seeking to manufacture...
Products: Imaging
VISIONx Inc (Quebec, Canada) offers the VisionGauge® digital optical comparator in vertical configuration. In the vertical configuration, parts are mounted flat on the system’s XY stage and the optical axis if...
Products: Imaging
Evergreen Telemetry (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced a new type of portable instrument, that displays a stream of real-time data on the user’s wrist from battery-operated remote probes. The wireless modules...
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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.
