Tecnología Médica

Tecnología Médica

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Predictive Maintenance in Healthcare System: A Survey

18/03/2024 - Medical devices are a vital component of healthcare systems, the advantages they may give continue to grow as they are crucial for the safe and effective prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of illnesses and diseases. Therefore, it is critical to maintain them in good operating order to ensure optimum availability, minimal failures, and guarantee patients’ and users’ safety. The stages involved in medical devices regulation and management are complex, but they are necessary to ensure their quality, safety, and compatibility with the settings in which they are used. Medical equipment complexity has increased due to technological advancement and the traditional maintenance strategies do not meet the needs of today’s healthcare organizations.

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Sanitización del aire mediante ondas electromagnéticas

18/03/2024 - Desarrollada en Italia por el grupo ELT durante el periodo de COVID-19, esta tecnología utiliza campos electromagnéticos para inactivar virus en el aire, incluyendo el SARS-CoV-2 y otros coronavirus.

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Grand Challenges at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine

21/03/2024 - The 21st century is witnessing a paradigm shift in human health and medicine. Engineering of entirely unforeseen devices, sensors and technologies has given rise to a deeper understanding of human physiology and pathophysiology. We are in the unprecedented position to translate the knowledge obtained from the multiscale myriad measurements into actionable outcomes and the Grand Challenges outlined here provide a roadmap for this future.

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VI Foro de Dispositivos Médicos

15/03/2024 - Este evento se llevará a cabo los días 30 y 31 de mayo de 2024, en el prestigioso Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Academia Nacional de Medicina. En esta edición, nos proponemos explorar las fronteras de la tecnología médica y su integración en el sistema nacional de salud, con un enfoque particular en la innovación, regulación y acceso a dispositivos médicos.

Jornada "Reglamento Europeo 2017/746 (IVDR) de Productos Sanitarios para Diagnóstico In Vitro ¿estamos preparados?"
09/04/2024 - El próximo día 9 de abril, tendrá lugar en el Hospital Universitario de La Paz de Madrid la jornada: “Reglamento Europeo 2017/746 (IVDR) de Productos...
Re-use of a hemodialysis cartridge
27/03/2024 - The present invention provides a hemodialysis machine comprising a removably mountable cartridge having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the cartridge defining a fluid pathway between...
Vendor evaluation platform for acquisition of medical equipment based on multi-criteria decision-making approach
27/03/2024 - The purchase of medical equipment is a critical issue that should be planned properly. The selection of the most appropriate vendor impacts time, effort, and expenses. Therefore, the challenge is...
Shape-recovery of implanted shape-memory devices remotely triggered via image-guided ultrasound heating
27/03/2024 - Shape-memory materials hold great potential to impart medical devices with functionalities useful during implantation, locomotion, drug delivery, and removal. However, their clinical translation is...
Dispositivo para implantar una prótesis para una válvula cardíaca
27/03/2024 - Resumen no disponible para ES2962919 (T3) Resumen de: WO2021014400 (A1) A device for implanting a heart prosthesis which comprises a central body (16) and a...
Single drop cytometry onboard the International Space Station
27/03/2024 - Real-time lab analysis is needed to support clinical decision making and research on human missions to the Moon and Mars. Powerful laboratory instruments, such as flow cytometers, are generally...
Factors affecting insulation failure in reusable surgical devices
27/03/2024 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the associated factors of insulation failure (IF) in reusable endoscopic instruments. The insulation coating of reusable endoscopic instruments underwent...
ENDOVASCULAR PROSTHESIS OF THE MITRAL/TRICUSPID HEART VALVE
27/03/2024 - The endovascular mitral/tricuspid valve prosthesis consists of a tubular elastic mesh frame made of nitinol wire with inlet and outlet holes at opposite ends. It consists of a stent capable of...
iCLOTS: open-source, artificial intelligence-enabled software for analyses of blood cells in microfluidic and microscopy-based assays
27/03/2024 - While microscopy-based cellular assays, including microfluidics, have significantly advanced over the last several decades, there has not been concurrent development of widely-accessible...
Medical device legislation for custom-made devices after the UK has left the EU: answers to a further ten important questions
27/03/2024 - A custom-made device is a medical device that is 'intended for the sole use of a particular patient' made 'in accordance with a written prescription'. In a dental setting, common examples of...
DENTAL ABUTMENT, DENTAL PROSTHESIS, CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF DENTAL ABUTMENT AND DENTAL PROSTHESIS, AND DENTAL IMPLANT
27/03/2024 - To easily and appropriately position a dental prosthesis and an abutment, and to appropriately prevent misalignment of the dental prosthesis with the abutment.SOLUTION: A dental abutment 20...
Responsive materials and mechanisms as thermal safety systems for skin-interfaced electronic devices
27/03/2024 - Soft, wireless physiological sensors that gently adhere to the skin are capable of continuous clinical-grade health monitoring in hospital and/or home settings, of particular value to critically...
A detachable interface for stable low-voltage stretchable transistor arrays and high-resolution X-ray imaging
27/03/2024 - Challenges associated with stretchable optoelectronic devices, such as pixel size, power consumption and stability, severely brock their realization in high-resolution digital imaging. Herein, we...
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD
27/03/2024 - To enable a user to easily grasp the type of a blood vessel displayed on a polar map.SOLUTION: A medical image processing device according to an embodiment comprises: an acquisition unit; a...
Smartphone-based platforms implementing microfluidic detection with image-based artificial intelligence
27/03/2024 - The frequent outbreak of global infectious diseases has prompted the development of rapid and effective diagnostic tools for the early screening of potential patients in point-of-care testing...
Regulatory considerations to keep pace with innovation in digital health products
27/03/2024 - Rapid innovation and proliferation of software as a medical device have accelerated the clinical use of digital technologies across a wide array of medical conditions. Current regulatory pathways...
The sextech industry and innovative devices for treating sexual dysfunction
27/03/2024 - Since the digital revolution, there has been a notable increase in the use and popularity of sex toys and innovative sexual devices, which can be attributed to advancements in technology. The sex...