Medical Simulation
Simulated surgery feels more like the OR
The last thing a patient facing surgery wants is a novice learning the ins and out of a particular procedure on them. Immersion Medical, Gaithersburg, Md., (immersion.com) says it feels their pain and developed a range of surgery simulators that could eliminate such situations. It says the equipment is an effective way to learn procedures such as endovascular, endoscopic, intravenous, and laparoscopic.
FEA builds better MEMS
Miniature analysis systems, or labs-on-a-chip, work in little time and need only small quantities of samples and reagents to deliver high-resolution results....
Software simulates electric fields and more
FEA software QuickField V5 simulates electromagnetic, stress, and thermal characteristics, and users need no specialized training, according to developer...
Simulation Takes Risk out of New Designs
Medical-equipment design is so conservative, most companies think that innovating is a gamble. 3D CAD and design-analysis technology, which some progressive...
Simulating Stresses In Stents, Tension In Tissue
Two natural phenomena hamper the use of FEA (finite-element analysis) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) when it comes to physiological tasks: biologic...
Device simulates upright position while lying down
MRIs and CAT scans are great diagnostic tools, but they have their drawbacks. One is that patients usually have to lie down. This relaxes their spines...
