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Textile Engineered Tissue Scaffolds Offer Advances in Hollow Organ Regenerations
3/6/2013
Regenerative medicine (RM) holds the potential to address some of society's most intractable health problems and restore or establish normal bodily function. Today, regenerative medicine is an emerging technology that...
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Designing Functional Fabrics for Today’s Heart Valves and Beyond
2/4/2013
Heart valve disease affects nearly 5 million Americans, a figure that is expected to double in the next 25 years. The most advanced of these cases require heart valve surgery. Prosthetic heart valves are designed to...
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Finding success through the IVD product definition process
11/13/2012
When developing new products for the diagnostic and clinical markets commercial success depends as much on defining the correct product need as it does on finding a good technology solution. Many companies when bringing...
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Win Big in Sports Medicine Device Design
11/7/2012
With the convergence of the increasing active and aging population as well as continuing surgeon adoption of arthroscopic procedures, there is an increased demand for minimally invasive sports medicine and arthroscopic...
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Understanding the Filter of Business Strategy
9/6/2012
An executive roundtable interview on the role of business strategy and design strategy in the product development process.
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How Force Sensors Are Saving Lives
5/23/2012
To perform heart massage safely and effectively, it is necessary to find the right point on the breastbone and to start with exactly the right amount of force. This tightrope between saving a life and causing further...
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Performance Diagnosis And Training The Human Hand With Sensor Technology
5/23/2012
With the HFD200 hand and finger dynamometer, the doctor has available a diagnosis and rehabilitation system for the human hand, which measures the forces used to bend and stretch the hand and the individual fingers,...
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Biomedical Textiles Advance Development of Orthopedic Implants
12/2/2010
This whitepaper discusses the changing demographics of orthopedic patients, the versatility of biomedical fabrics and the advances in implantable biomaterial textile technologies in the development of ...
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The Role of Material Selection in Biomedical Textile Device Design
8/17/2010
Biomedical textile structures are increasingly prevalent as critical components in a broad range of medical devices. Device designers are challenged in exploring material selection in component design, optimizing the...
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Prototyping Process: Choosing the Best Process for Your Project
8/10/2010
Being able to obtain prototype parts quickly to test for component fit and function can help get your product to market faster than your competition. Adjustments in design, materials, size, shape, assembly, color,...
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The Future of Woven Biomedical Textiles in Next-Generation Devices
6/3/2010
One of the most interesting trends in medical device development is the rapid growth of woven biomedical textiles for use in key device components. As the pace of innovation in the device industry accelerates, engineers...
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Comparing Prototype Techniques
3/31/2010
Prototyping can improve the product development life cycle. Designers must understand different prototyping methods for mechanical and industrial design.
