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.

Artificial hands: Artificial intelligence makes gripping more intuitive

Advanced control of prosthetic hands. Artificial hands can be operated via app or with sensors placed in the muscles of the forearm. New research at the Technical University of Munich…

A patch of protection against Zika virus

A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus. A prototype using The University of Queensland-developed and Vaxxas-commercialised high-density microarray patch…

Soccer heading linked to measurable decline in brain function

New research being presented this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) links soccer heading – where players hit the ball with their head…

Researchers advance ‘placenta-on-a-chip’

…with sensing, imaging technology. A research poster dated Dec. 9, 2015, hangs just outside Nicole Hashemi’s Iowa State University laboratory. It introduces a major project for Hashemi and her research…

Seeing cancer’s spread through a computational window

Computational model allows researchers to simulate cellular-scale interactions across unprecedented distances in the human vasculature. Biomedical engineers at Duke University have significantly enhanced the capabilities of a computational model that…

First-of-their-kind wearables capture body sounds to continuously monitor health

New devices were tested on a range of patients, from premature babies to the elderly. During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies —…

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