... Tissue engineered devices Design processes Equipment Biopsy punches (BPs) are indispensable medical devices which are utilized by clinicians and surgeons to obtain full-thickness skin specimens (Fig. 1( a ) ). As of 2016 [ 1 ], BPs represented the primary medical tools adopted for performing...

.... Patterson. 10 08 2017 27 05 2018 Medical devices Medical devices Medical instrumentation Minimally invasive devices Rehabilitation devices Tissue engineered devices Design processes Equipment Every year around 16 × 10 9 of injections are administrated worldwide...

... will discuss the design process from a fundamental point of view in which the process of creating a miniature cable-actuated multisteerable instrument will be elaborated. Second, we will describe the developed steering unit that was connected to the multisteerable tip to determine the bending stiffness...

... Corresponding author. Manuscript received January 26, 2018; final manuscript received June 17, 2018; published online July 24, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Venketesh Dubey. 26 01 2018 17 06 2018 Medical devices Medical devices Medical instrumentation Minimally invasive devices Design...

... between symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy. Endoscopic devices Image guided intervention Medical devices Medical devices Minimally invasive devices Laparoscopic devices Design processes Equipment Image guided treatment 16 03 2018 18 06 2018 Manuscript received March 16...

.... Hyg. , 48 ( 8 ), pp. 707 – 714 . 10.1093/annhyg/meh068 Human factors Medical devices Medical devices Design processes Manufacturing processes Noninvasive ventilator devices, namely, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines...

...; published online July 13, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Michael Eggen. 14 08 2017 17 04 2018 Bio-Heat transfer devices Endoscopic devices Medical devices Medical devices Minimally invasive devices Laparoscopic devices Design processes Equipment Pancreatic cancer is the fourth...

.... Manuscript received September 6, 2017; final manuscript received April 29, 2018; published online July 13, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Chris Rylander. 06 09 2017 29 04 2018 Medical devices Medical devices Medical devices Design processes Manufacturing processes Equipment Wide sutures...

.... Editor: Carl Nelson. 08 12 2017 11 04 2018 Medical devices Medical devices Design processes Equipment Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a very common ear disease that causes body imbalance, discomfort, and may even result in irreversible damage to the middle ear...

... to facilitate the understanding of the current clinical issues of VAB and the available scientific data that can be used to develop a simulation model. Computational simulation is increasingly used to assist the engineering design process. However, current software tools provided for working...

... Medical instrumentation Design processes Manufacturing processes Equipment The Global Harmonization Task Force has proposed the harmonized definition for medical devices [ 1 , 2 ]. The biomaterials in the form of medical devices are used for diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment...

... Minimally invasive devices Design processes Equipment Tension pneumothorax and hemothorax pose immediate increased risk for mortality and are common in patients with chest trauma. Physicians and emergency personnel respond by performing tube thoracostomy (TT), which is the placement of a chest...

... contributed to this work. 2 Corresponding author. Manuscript received February 10, 2017; final manuscript received December 14, 2017; published online January 31, 2018. Editor: William Durfee. 10 02 2017 14 12 2017 Cardiovascular devices Medical devices Design processes...

... January 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Venketesh Dubey. 19 06 2017 01 11 2017 Endoscopic devices Medical devices Medical devices Medical devices Medical instrumentation Minimally invasive devices Laparoscopic devices Design processes Manufacturing processes Equipment...

... robotics Design processes Equipment Medical simulation is critical in the training of surgical and medical residents. Training simulators give residents a safe environment to practice a wide variety of procedures where they can learn and make mistakes without harming patients [ 1 ]. In recent...

... manuscript received October 9, 2017; published online November 22, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Rita M. Patterson. 26 04 2017 09 10 2017 Medical devices Medical devices Medical devices Orthopedic devices Sports Instrumentation and Devices Tissue engineered devices Design processes...

... Medical devices Medical devices Minimally invasive devices Sensors and actuators Design processes Manufacturing processes Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in the world according to the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. The most frequent pathologies...

... Medical robotics Design processes Medical robotics began in the 1980s with robots developed in various domains: neurosurgery, orthopedics, minimally invasive surgery, tele-echography (a term used in this paper interchangeably with ultrasound), needle punctures, radiotherapy, etc...

...; published online October 19, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Rita M. Patterson. 03 02 2017 20 06 2017 Human factors Medical devices Medical devices Medical devices Design processes Manufacturing processes Equipment Fluid resuscitation is a fundamental tenet of treating patients...

... of actuation for the leaves was rotational, rather than linear, which is typical in larger clinical RT systems. The design presented here met the identified design requirements and represents a rigorous design process, during which several less successful designs were investigated and eventually discarded...