Latest Ultrasonic sensor Stories

HAMBURG, Germany, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - New 'Trophon EPR' Device Offers Unique Solution Current methods of ultrasound transducer disinfection are in many cases not sufficient for clinical practice. This is the latest alarming result issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the leading US public health agency, in its recently published Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities (1). The guideline is the CDC's response to...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misonix, Inc. , today announced that its Sonora Medical Systems subsidiary ("Sonora Medical"), a leading supplier of after market products, services and test equipment to the medical imaging market, presented an ultrasound probe study in Sweden at the country's annual clinical engineering meeting recently held in Goteborg, Sweden. The paper was presented by the School for Technology and Health, the Royal Technical University, the Biomedical...

Japanese researchers are now able to use ultrasonic waves to produce "virtual" objects in mid-air.Integrating computing and the sense of touch, known as the field of haptics, has been around for some time but has required gloves or mechanical devices to impart a sense of feeling.Now researchers have developed a system that uses focused ultrasound to do the job and its inventors may soon commercialize the approach.Multimedia expansion on the web has left our eyes and ears flooded...

The day may be getting a little closer when robots will perform surgery on patients in dangerous situations or in remote locations, such as on the battlefield or in space, with minimal human guidance.Engineers at Duke University believe that the results of feasibility studies conducted in their laboratory represent the first concrete steps toward achieving this space age vision of the future. Also, on a more immediate level, the technology developed by the engineers could make certain...