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Free Info at http://info.hotims.com/22916-841 ➮ Intro Cov ToC + – A ➭ May 2009 Welcome to Medical Design Briefs FEATURES Reaching 40,000 engineers and managers who are designing and developing products for the 4 Surgical Robots Provide Helping “Hands” in the OR medical marketplace, Medical Design Briefs 10 Rebuilt Body Parts: Technology Puts a New Face On brings you exclusive coverage of the latest med- Disease and Disability ical and biomedical innovations from NASA, its 14 Retina Implant Treats Disease-Related Blindness industry partners, and other major players in 31 Mission Accomplished medical R&D worldwide. From heart pumps and defibrillators to surgical robots, NASA has devel- TECH BRIEFS oped thousands of medical breakthroughs on the way to space. 15 Three-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography 16 Isolation of Precursor Cells From Waste Solid Fat Tissue Published three times this year in May, 17 Benchtop Antigen Detection Technique Using Nanofiltration September, and November, Medical Design and Fluorescent Dyes Briefs will include articles and product briefs that 18 Wireless, Handheld Electronic Medical Record Application focus on design advances that are shaping the 19 Identification of Bacteria and Determination of Biological future of healthcare — improving safety and sav- Indicators ing lives while reducing costs. Each issue will 20 Further Development of Scaffolds for Regeneration of report on electronics, sensors, test and meas- Nerves urement, imaging, software, materials, mechan- 21 Chemically Assisted Photocatalytic Oxidation System ical components, manufacturing/prototyping, 22 Use of Atomic Oxygen for Increased Water Contact Angles and much more. of Various Polymers for Biomedical Applications 23 Open-Access, Low-Magnetic-Field MRI System for Lung This premier issue includes a special feature on Research surgical robotics, which is revolutionizing the 23 Microfluidic Mixing Technology for a Universal Health way minimally invasive procedures are done. Sensor Patients experience less pain and scarring, and 24 Microwell Arrays for Studying Many Individual Cells shorter recovery times, and surgeons experi- 24 Convergence Nanoparticles for Multi-Modal Biomedical Imaging ence better visualization, precision, and control using robotic assistance. You’ll also find a fea- 25 Trans-Skull Ultrasound Scanner for Diagnosis of Rhino-Sinusitis ture on “custom” implants created using 26 Microfluidic Extraction of Biomarkers Using Water as Solvent advances in digital medical modeling. Patient- 27 Identifying and Inactivating Bacterial Spores specific body parts are now made with amazing new speed and efficiency. And find out how 28 Crashworthy Seats Would Afford Superior Protection Argonne National Laboratory has developed an 30 Droplet-Based Production of Liposomes innovative artificial retina. DEPARTMENTS In this, and all issues of Medical Design Briefs, you’ll also learn about new products, find tech 33 New Products briefs describing new inventions, and learn about 36 Advertisers Index spinoff technologies that had their roots within NASA. ON THE COVER You’ll see Medical Design Briefs at a number of The da Vinci™ Surgical System from Intuitive industry trade shows throughout the year. I Surgical (Sunnyvale, CA) is a robotic surgical encourage you to provide me with your feedback platform that consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient cart with four interactive robotic about our new publication. arms, a vision system, and EndoWrist® instruments. The surgeon is shown here sitting at the console, where he views a magnified, high-resolution 3D image of the sur- gical site. As he manipulates the controls, da Vinci responds to the surgeon’s input in real Linda L. Bell time, scaling, filtering, and translating his hand, wrist, and finger move- Editorial Director ments into movements of the instruments at the patient-side cart shown [email protected] in the background. Learn more about da Vinci and other robotic surgical systems in the feature article beginning on page 4. 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