Features

Risky business - Risk-based design for medical products

2 Aug 2007
Ken Hall, of electronic design company Triteq considers the challenges of complying with the EU Medical Device Directive, when designing safety critical systems for medical products.
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Light fantastic - Photodynamic therapy for treating skin cancers

2 Aug 2007
Organic semiconductors can provide photodynamic therapy, an attractive alternative to invasive surgery, where a light-emitting sticking plaster, together with a pharmaceutical cream, is used to kill tumour cells and treat skin cancers.
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Cast away – Articulated materials

2 Aug 2007
Articulated materials can be used to support injured body parts bringing splint and brace support, immobilising and protecting limb fractures.
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What’s up doc? – Nanoparticles for molecular diagnostics

2 Aug 2007
The need for improved and earlier diagnoses has fuelled the demand to create detection systems and miniturised devices that use molecular nanoparticles for diagnostics.
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Silky feeling – Silks may restore nerve function

2 Aug 2007
Damaged nerve endings could be repaired by inserting a Neurotex silk conduit, a sheath made from a silk tube that contains luminal fibres and a proprietary silk biomaterial called Spidrex, to restore nerve function between two severed nerve endings.
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