Children with cerebral palsy frequently undergo invasive surgeries—lengthening tendons, rotating bones, transferring muscles to new locations—in hopes of improving their physical ability to walk or move.
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Regular exercise is important for maintaining health, especially for wheelchair users. However, exercise equipment to be used with a wheelchair is not always readily accessible, adjustable or effective. A team of mechanical ...
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We've all seen the procedure on medical drama television shows. A patient is critically injured or ill, and paramedics, nurses or doctors need to open their airway quickly. The delicate procedure is called intubation and ...
Dec 3, 2015
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Diabetes, which now affects almost 30 million Americans, can cause serious health complications, including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure and lower-extremity amputations.
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Vascular surgeon Pat Kelly of Sanford Health knew his patients were doing better with the stent graft he designed, but he wanted a better understanding of the mechanics before testing the device more widely in a clinical ...
Aug 21, 2015
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In an Australian-first surgical procedure, engineers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne along with Epworth Freemasons' Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon George Dimitroulis, have corrected ...
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The crash test dummy head is weighted and hauled with a pulley up the track. After a final check of the instruments and a quick countdown, the helmeted head plummets into an inevitable collision, moving at 4.5 metres per ...
May 27, 2015
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Researchers have patented a new device for performing skin biopsies. With this new tool, a skin biopsy can be performed with fewer instruments and the length of the procedure is shortened from thirty minutes to less than ...
May 7, 2015
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Thanks to a collaboration with the Balgrist University Hospital and University of Pittsburgh, Empa is beginning to decode the mechanics of the lower vertebrae. Researchers would like be able to reveal how wear and tear comes ...
Apr 22, 2015
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In 2007, Steven Keating had his brain scanned out of sheer curiosity.
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