Medical Engineering

The development of medical equipment, products and technical procedures is characterized by high research and development costs in a variety of fields related to the study of human medicine.

innovations-report provides informative and stimulating reports and articles on topics ranging from imaging processes, cell and tissue techniques, optical techniques, implants, orthopedic aids, clinical and medical office equipment, dialysis systems and x-ray/radiation monitoring devices to endoscopy, ultrasound, surgical techniques, and dental materials.

Information scientists develop method to detect doping cases using AI

Thousands of athletes are currently competing for medals at the Olympic Games in Paris. And in some cases, questions will be asked about whether medals were won fairly or whether…

Advanced MRI scans help identify one in three concussion patients with ‘hidden disease’

Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can…

3D-printed blood vessels bring artificial organs closer to reality

New printing method creates branching vessels in heart tissue that replicate the structure of human vasculature in vitro. Growing functional human organs outside the body is a long-sought “holy grail”…

Electric bandage holds promise for treating chronic wounds

Researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds. In animal testing, wounds that were treated with these electric bandages healed 30%…

First noninvasive method to continually measure true blood pressure

Device uses sound waves to gather blood pressure data from blood vessels, monitoring the response with ultrasound. Solving a decades-old problem, a multidisciplinary team of Caltech researchers has figured out…

Soft gold enables connections between nerves and electronics

Gold does not readily lend itself to being turned into long, thin threads. But researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have now managed to create gold nanowires and develop soft electrodes…

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