Archive for the 'Medical Devices / Diagnostics' Category


Flexible Electronics For Medical Sensors

They've made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation, including twisting.
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11/20/2008 | Fitness - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

The Future For Medical Diagnostics Is Gold Nanostars

Rods, cones, cubes and spheres - move aside. Tiny gold stars, smaller than a billionth of a meter, may hold the promise for new approaches to medical diagnoses or testing for environmental contaminants. While nanoparticles have been the rage across a wide spectrum of sciences, a new study by Duke University bioengineers indicates that of all the shapes studied to date, stars may shine above all the rest for certain applications.
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11/09/2008 | Environment - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

State Fund Advances Titanium Powder Research, Nine Other Iowa State Projects

A research team led by Iver Anderson is developing a cheaper and better way to make a titanium alloy powder that can be used to manufacture artificial joints. That could mean titanium joints, which can resist corrosion for the lifetime of a patient, could be affordable enough to replace stainless steel joints, which are commonly used today but can corrode after five years. And that could save patients the additional surgeries required to replace failing artificial joints.
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11/08/2008 | Environment - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Long-Jump World Record Reached With The Aid Of Space Tech

German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm. In spring 2004, ESA's Technology Transfer Programme (TTP) technology broker MST Aerospace met with Wojtek Czyz and his trainer to perform a pre-screening of the most crucial elements of the prosthesis used by Czyz.
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10/03/2008 | Fitness - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Predicting Injury Of Military Personnel And Athletes

MILITARY personnel and sporting professionals could soon be ensuring a far longer period of career success, thanks to a landmark study commissioned in Suffolk. The first ever randomised trial of its kind* has proven that injury rate among military professionals can be predicted and reduced, as a result of special technology. A total of 400 new entry trainees were assessed at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in a study led by Dr Andrew Franklyn-Miller.
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08/21/2008 | Fitness - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

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