Market Trends: Medical's 'Mini' Revolution

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Medical's 'Mini' Revolution
Increasingly, the world of medicine is taking the "minimalist" route, developing technologies designed to sharply reduce patient discomfort and trauma in applications ranging from diagnostics to surgery. Full Story

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Medical Technology in the News:

Safeguarding Reliability in Implants, Medical Equipment Medical equipment manufacturers are successfully attacking failure and cost problems with a variety of new technologies. One of the most interesting solutions is also the simplest - an innovative self-locking fastener called Spiralock. Full Story
Designing Custom Implants More Efficiently All medical product design processes are complex, but creating custom implants and prosthetics further lengthens the workflow to assure a finished component with perfect fit, comfort and aesthetics. Full Story
Paris-to-Beijing Run to Spawn Bio-Realistic 3-D Foot Model Running from Paris to Beijing by the Summer Olympics, virtual-reality professor Philippe Fuchs partners with Dassault to create a bio-realistic 3-D model of a human foot. Full Story
Mechatronics in Medical Engineering Medical mechatronics applications, specifically nano-scale materials and MEMS (Micro Electric-Mechanical Systems) are being used to engineer medical devices. Full Story

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NeuroArm Surgical Robot Operates with Guidance from MRI - VIDEO Nanomotion's piezoelectric motion components go into medical devices in close proximity to magnetically sensitive imaging systems. The latest example is the NeuroArm, a surgical robot that operates with real-time guidance from an MRI machine. Watch Now

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Medical's 'Mini' Revolution
Safeguarding Reliability in Implants, Medical Equipment
Designing Custom Implants More Efficiently
Paris-to-Beijing Run to Spawn Bio-Realistic 3-D Foot Model
Mechatronics in Medical Engineering
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