All Articles Tagged As: medical implants
A tiny eye implant that clears scar tissue and delivers progenitor cells designed to replace photoreceptors damaged by disease passes early tests.
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 | Brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats have been created at the University of Michigan. The findings could eventually lead to more effective treatment of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and paralysis. ...> Full Article |
A $6.7 million university/industry network has been established to pursue development of new biomaterials, medical devices, and drug delivery devices for treating vision disorders.
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 | Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible. ...> Full Article |
 | Tel Aviv University develops superior method for coating orthopaedic and dental implants ...> Full Article |
 | A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) vs. patients who received only an implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD-only). ...> Full Article |
Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location -- all without the need for human assistance.
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New device could track tumor's growth
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is the first center in Chicago and among the first in the country to implant a new experimental left ventricular assist device into subjects with advanced heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body's organs.
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The new technology may lead to the development of improved medical implants
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Biomedical and materials engineers at the University of Michigan have developed a nanotech coating for brain implants that helps the devices operate longer and could improve treatment for deafness, paralysis, blindness, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
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A research paper, published today, Tuesday, Jan. 20, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering details how researchers are harnessing piezoelectricity, the energy force most commonly used to trigger-start a gas stove, to produce microbot motors just 250 micrometers, a quarter of a millimeter, wide.
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Nanotechnology will provide superior implants for orthopedic patients
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A team of researchers has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants. The researchers have found that the unique properties of a new material can be used to create new devices that can be implanted into the human body, including blood glucose sensors for diabetics and artificial hemo-dialysis membranes that can scrub impurities from the blood.
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Researchers have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.
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Plastic coatings could someday help neural implants treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease and macular degeneration.
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An implantable sensor providing 24 hour monitoring for patients with chronic heart problems will be developed thanks to a new grant
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 | Ten patients are enrolled in a clinical trial of the device ...> Full Article |
Computer science professor and colleagues' creations dance on something smaller than a pin's head
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Study conducted by team from UMass Amherst, University of Washington
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 | Neuroscientists, brain surgeons, graduate students, rehabilitation specialists and neurologists are joining forces to develop new technology aimed at repairing and regenerating peripheral nerves that connect the brain, spinal cord, and the body. ...> Full Article |
 | A new device could put the beat back into weak hearts - and free patients from a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs. ...> Full Article |
 | Could lead to self-charging medical implants ...> Full Article |
Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.
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 | A researcher is helping to pave the way for tiny implanted medical devices that could one day administer medicine to ill patients, help disabled people use artificial limbs or perform other therapeutic tasks within the body. ...> Full Article |
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