Latest Biomedical engineering Stories

Interdisciplinary team led by USC Viterbi to develop solutions that will save, extend, and improve patient lives. LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, and the Los Angeles Basin Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) have been selected to participate in the exclusive Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program. Announced April 22 by the Wallace...

Technicians to provide installation and setup, repairs, preventive maintenance, and safety testing. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) April 21, 2011 DRE, Inc., a premier surgical and medical equipment supplier, now offers a wide range of outside biomedical engineering services. The DRE Biomedical Field Services Division offers installation and setup, equipment repairs, preventive maintenance, and safety testing, in addition to parts and equipment sales. DRE Biomedical Field Services has a...

Nanodiamond-drug combo significantly improves treatment of chemotherapy-resistant cancersChemotherapy drug resistance contributes to treatment failure in more than 90 percent of metastatic cancers. Overcoming this hurdle would significantly improve cancer survival rates.Dean Ho, an associate professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, believes a tiny carbon particle called a nanodiamond may offer an effective drug delivery solution for...

Biomedical engineer-scientist offers in-depth information and illustrations about the iris. Congers, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) March 08, 2011 Dr. Roman Kushnirov puts the eyes"”specifically the iris"”under the other end of the microscope with the release of this informative and detailed presentation, Iridobiopower Diagnosis and Colourmusicreflexotherapy. This newly published book will indeed be a helpful material for any eye expert or iris specialist. Practical iridobiopower diagnosis...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 1, 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Biological Engineering, Center for Biomedical Innovation, and Engineering Systems Division will host the Innovation in Healthcare Symposium: Systems Thinking from Discovery to Delivery at MIT's Kresge Auditorium. The day-long event, sponsored by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, will be a forum to stimulate new ways of thinking about and addressing today's greatest...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 1,700 medical device and diagnostics leaders from more than 360 companies - representing 24 countries and 33 states - attended the fourth annual industry gathering, AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference this week in Washington, D.C. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101022/DC86995-a) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101022/DC86995-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101022/DC86995-b) (Photo:...

SKILLMAN, N.J., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced that its top executives have been asked to present at AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference, the premier medical technology conference for CEOs, business executives, policy-makers, financiers, media and industry stakeholders from around the world. Well known for innovative breakthroughs in the fields of ostomy and wound...

"510(K) review process, supply chain dynamics, impact of healthcare reform, comparative effectiveness, bridging the gap between body and device, mobile interfaces, medical technologies in the service of wounded warriors, data strategies, uniform device identification and much more to be covered" WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 170 industry experts and thought leaders will participate in 35 educational panels and four executive workshops at AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech...

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- DiFUSION Technologies is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary CleanFUZE(TM) antimicrobial technology for orthopedic implants and its new Xiphos(TM) line of Posterior Interbody products for spinal surgery. "Post-operative infections are a major problem today, and with the further proliferation of drug resistant bacteria, preventing the infections is even more important than it has been in the past....

BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- DSM Biomedical, a global leader in biomedical materials science, and its Berkeley based operation, DSM PTG, today announced the Company will be participating at the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation's 2010 BioInterface Symposium and Workshop, which will be held October 18 - 20 in Atlanta, Georgia. With extensive experience in developing biomaterials for medical devices, the experts at DSM Biomedical will be discussing the latest industry...