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Therapeutic Vibration Device for Critical Care

7258 – Muscle, nerve, and bone atrophy pose a significant risk for patients receiving critical care, such as mechanical ventilation, even for hospitalizations as short as one week. Although aggressive physical therapy and early mobilization of patients is effective in reducing the length of hospitalization, these measures require skilled physical therapists and may be difficult to apply to... Read More

Tissue Resuscitation Using Low Frequency Acoustic Stimulation to Treat Ischemia

6857 – Pathological conditions with decreased or low blood flow (ischemia) kill or incapacitate millions of people annually. Examples of such conditions include hemorrhagic shock, cardiogenic shock, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrest, septic shock, intestinal ischemia, myocardial ischemia, stroke, traumatic brain injury, sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis, burns, compartment syndrome, and... Read More

Thin-Film, Flat-Panel Dosimeter

1246 – Dosimetry is a measurement and/or calculation of absorbed dose of energy per unit mass of the irradiated target material. In medical applications, the target material is usually the patient, where several modes of diagnostics and therapy rely on ionizing irradiation, including radiotherapy, x-rays, electrons, protons, neutrons, and heavy ions. For example, in radiation therapy for cancer,... Read More