Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Opportunities for particulate engineering in the health technologies sector have been highlighted in a report just published by the Materials Knowledge Transfer Network through its powder science and engineering theme. This has highlighted areas where the expertise of particulate engineering could prove valuable and create potential for small and medium-sized ...
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
A biodesign innovation process developed by a team of faculty and staff at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA) in collaboration with hundreds of representatives from the medtech sector is meticulously described in the book Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies. The concept is designed to help medical technology ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
From the wire: Number ten in Israel's top ten must-have gadgets compiled by ISRAEL21c is medical imaging via cell phone. As it explains, in the Western world, we take for granted high-tech tools for doctors and hospitals such as the handheld ultrasound wand that displays the heartbeat of a foetus ...
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Stockholm-based Ergonomidesign isn’t modest about its ambition: from its expansive stand at the entrance of Hall 8B, it wants to show Compamed visitors the “future of integrated healthcare.” Think cloud computing.
Your personal healthcare data is in constant flux, moving from sensors embedded in your clothing or jewellery to the cloud ...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Companies were invited to submit ideas that can be turned into practical solutions to make a substantial difference in three priority areas: managing long-term conditions, patient safety and keeping children active. The funding programme SBRI East is part of the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), see below for details of ...
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
PDD’s commission for Unomedical, a ConvaTec company, was to research and develop the successor to its UnoMeter Safeti urine monitoring device for hourly diuresis management. The project demonstrated PDD’s ethos of combining consumer insight specialists with designers and engineers throughout the design process. The result for Unomedical is a product ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Axiom Manufacturing Services’ facility in Newbridge, Wales, UK, is holding a workshop led by electronics consultant, Bob Willis, who will explain the major space-saving and processing speed advantages of PoP technology.
PoP can eliminate circuitry to reduce the board space required by up to 43% and enable higher-speed processing, given that ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Aterius Ltd has been founded by Alistair Taylor (right in picture) and Dr Kadem Al-Lamee (left) to develop a fully biodegradable stent. The company has a strong consortium in place to assist in this work.
The company has also won consultancy support in the Inv£storQuest investment challenge organised by Connect Yorkshire. ...
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
Medigus, an Israeli company that specialises in developing innovative endoscopic devices and procedures, has teamed up with Tower Semiconductor to produce reportedly the world's smallest medical camera, according to a report from Israel21c.
The device, which measures 1.27 mm (0.05 in.) in diameter, can be incorporated into endoscopes. Mounted on a ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
From the wire:
Israeli scientists have developed an “electronic nose'” that can detect cancer and kidney disease by testing breath samples. The noninvasive, portable breathalyser test uses gold nanoparticles to detect the diseases. The results show great promise for fast, easy and cost-effective diagnosis and screening of the diseases, according to ...
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
From the wire: Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy. The program allows the designer to sketch a rough concept of the part and then analyse the part's characteristics while it is still only a ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
The UK National Health Service is asking healthcare technology companies to get involved in developing six products that that do not currently exist. Practicing clinicians from the two fields of ambulance services and paediatrics have specified the design attributes and business opportunities that each product presents. Funding will be available ...
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