Videos
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Surgical
3D-Printed Tracheal Splints Used in Groundbreaking Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon team used 3 custom splints to assist breathing of a 7-month-old patient battling life-threatening airway obstruction.Georgia Institute of Technology
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Surgical
Surgeon Uses Magnetic Tools to Reduce Incisions in Cancer Surgery
In magnetic surgery, surgical tools are manipulated with a magnet on the skin, which eliminates the need for an incision.UT Southwestern Medical Center
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
Researchers 3D Print Prototype for 'Bionic Eye'
3D-printing process directly & fully prints array of interconnected semiconducting photodiode devices on a glass hemisphere.University of Minnesota
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Drone 'Skypod' to Deliver Vital Medicine in Puerto Rico Crisis
Unmanned aerial vehicles could safely deliver temperature-sensitive medicines during natural disasters or crises.AT&T
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Diagnostics
Using Light to See Deep Inside Our Bodies and Brains
Red light could provide for enhanced imaging functionality, enabling the tracking of tumors and improved diagnostics.TED
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Cardiovascular | Neurological
First FDA-Approved Study of Focused Ultrasound to Open Blood-Brain Barrier
Brain's protective network of blood vessels impedes cancer-fighting drugs from reaching tumors.University of Maryland Medical Center
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Diagnostics | Surgical
Soft, Miniature Multi-Functional Robots Could Offer Medical Solutions
A new approach for fabricating soft materials at the millimeter scale paves the way to flexible medical microrobots.Benjamin Boettner, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
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Diagnostics | Digital Health
How AI Is Making It Easier to Diagnose Disease
Pratik Shah has developed a technology that requires as few as 50 images to develop a working algorithm.TED
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Diagnostics
Detection Kit Predicts Child's Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
Breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology offers hope for early diagnosis.RMIT University
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Diagnostics | Materials
Fluorescent Patch Boosts Brightness in Diagnostic Tests
Metal nanostructures increase the fluorescence intensity by 100 times in these diagnostic tests.Washington University in St. Louis
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Diagnostics
Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick
The capsule carries genetically engineered bacteria that sense specific substances in the gut.Newswise
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Patient Monitoring
FDA OKs Medtronic's 'Artificial Pancreas' for Children Ages 7-13
The pediatric indication expands access to the hybrid closed loop system to type 1 diabetes patients 7 and older.Medtronic
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Diagnostics
Simple Blood Test Can Determine Risk of Premature Birth
Measuring RNA fragments in a pregnant woman’s blood gives a reliable estimate of the baby’s due date.Erin Digitale, Pediatrics Science Writer, Stanford Medicine
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Surgical
Fake Kidneys Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery
Surgeons created five replicas (which bleed like real organs) and conducted full rehearsals in the operating room.University of Rochester Medical Center
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Electronics | Neurological | Surgical
Wireless System Can Power and Communicate with Tiny Devices Inside the Body
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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Diagnostics | Neurological
FDA Clears Neural Analytics' Robotic Ultrasound System
Enables clinicians to non-invasively evaluate brain blood flow characteristics to manage patients with neurological disease.Business Wire
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Forefront Medical Technology Overview
Learn more about Forefront Medical Technology’s product design and contract manufacturing solutions for medical products in the disposable, diagnostic and drug delivery markets. Forefront’s broad range of capabilities and expertise reduce…Released by: Forefront Medical Technology
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Surgical
RIOCATH, A Revolutionary Type of Catheter Inspired by a Snail's Eye
The RIOCATH (Reversal Inside-Out CATHeterization) design greatly reduces the risk of introducing infection into the body.IOCB Prague
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Diagnostics | Electronics
Ingestible 'Bacteria on a Chip' Could Help Diagnose GI Disease
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds: A Sweet Solution for Tissue Engineering & Device Manufacturing
Produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar-alcohol used to make throat lozenges.Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, Biomedical Sciences Editor, Illinois News Bureau
