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VeinViewer Vision2: The infrared vein detector that creates a digital image on the skin

Undoubtedly a less invasive technique than the conventional one whose main advantage is the customization that helps the doctor to choose which mode provides the best image of the vascularization of his patient. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: Christie Medical

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Health & medicine

3D Printing Takes on Brain Cancer

Major development by a research team at Tel Aviv University, Israel, enables new and improved treatments for deadly glioblastoma ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: Universidad de Tel Aviv

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Health & medicine

Bioprinted mini pancreas will help in the fight against diabetes

EPFL spin-off Readily3D has developed a novel system that can print biological tissue in just 30 seconds. The firm’s technology is being used in a large-scale European project to develop a living model of the pancreas for testing new drugs. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: EPFL

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Health & medicine

New discovery allows 3D printing of sensors directly on expanding organs

A new technique developed by University of Minnesota researchers allows 3D printing of hydrogel-based sensors directly on organs, like the lungs, that change shape or distort due to expanding and contracting. Credit: McAlpine Research Group, University of Minnesota ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

3D facial photos can detect sleep apnea

Facial features analyzed from 3D photographs could predict the likelihood of having obstructive sleep apnea, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

A team of researchers create the smallest camera in the world with 3D microprinting

The device is prepared to study heart disease and is the thickness of a human hair. It is so small that researchers have been able to scan into the blood vessels of the mice ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

Applications welcome from startups and SMEs with innovative solutions to tackle Coronavirus outbreak

The European Commission is calling for startups and SMEs with technologies and innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Coronavirus outbreak to apply urgently to the next round of funding from the European Innovation Council.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

3D Engineered Atrial and Ventricular Heart Tissue

Development of 3D Engineered Atrial and Ventricular Heart Tissue for Disease Modeling, Personalized Medicine, and Drug Development ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

Bioprinters - Growing applications of 3D printing medical devices in the healthcare industry

Technological advancements in 3D printing, increasing public-private funding for 3D printing activities, and growing applications of 3D printing in the healthcare industry are the major drivers for the market. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances

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Health & medicine

3D printing to isolate cancer cells

A research team from the University of Girona has used additive technology to develop a pioneering system that reduces the costs of experimentation and, therefore, increases oncological research. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Medical advances BRAND: Universidad de Girona

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