News tagged with implantable device
New device implanted by surgeons help paralyzed patients breathe easier
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.
Magnetism Turns Drug Release On and Off
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Many medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes and chronic pain, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery techniques ...
Cost effectiveness of blood pressure device evaluated
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A study conducted by the University of Rochester Medical Center demonstrates that, for certain patient populations, an experimental device that lowers blood pressure may be a cost effective treatment. The implantable device, ...
Where Surgery Was the Standard, Casting May Be the Future (w/ Video)
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) may lead doctors to choose to tweak an old technology ? casting ? over using high-tech implantable devices for children ...
Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period ...
Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but offer only a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
Implant monitors tumors
May 13, 2009 |
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Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but only offer a snapshot of the tumor at a single moment in time.
