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Showing 1 to 20 of 334 for “"Medical Devices"”.
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Forensic analysis on wireless medical devices
The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is forecast to grow to over 25 billion by 2030, with the healthcare IoT market projected to grow to 25.9% of IoT devices by 2028 worldwide. However, with new and growing technologies come new types of risks. Current risk assessment and risk management …
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Mass transport in implantable medical devices
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, 1998.
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Customer segmentation in the medical devices industry
… burden, Company X wants to minimize this cost. Medical device sales are non-seasonal and do not show promotional effects. We analyzed data for the months of June and October, 2006 as a part of our research. The objective of our data analysis was to validate the proposed approaches we reviewed as …
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Additive Manufacturing for Robust and Affordable Medical Devices
… down to the micro scale have made its use in medical devices and research feasible. A range of life-saving technologies can now go from the laboratory and into field with the application of 3D-printing. This technology can be applied to medical diagnosis of patients in at-risk populations. …
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Sterilization resource forecasting in the medical devices industry
… of a procedure that has been outsourced by medical device companies. Sterilization is required for all medical devices and the process used is based on product type. As demand for medical devices increases, production is ramping up, and the need for additional sterilization capacity …
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Modeling medical devices for plug-and-play interoperability
… support the connectivity and interoperability of medical-electrical point-of-care devices. A system that could enable plug-and-play connectivity and interoperability for medical devices would improve patient safety, save hospitals time and money, and provide data for electronic medical records. …
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Strategic inventory management of externally sourced medical devices
… inventory strategies for externally sourced medical devices. In the medical device industry, the desire for high levels of customer service often results in less than optimal inventory levels. In this study, we analyzed the details of the current inventory model utilized by the medical device …
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Security Issues and Defense Methods for Wireless Medical Devices
… design of several defense schemes for wireless medical devices to address security issues. These schemes are designed to enable efficient and effective access control of wireless medical devices in both non-emergency and emergency situations. In recent years, the range of available wireless …
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Exploring the Decontamination Process for Reusable Medical Devices (RMDs)
… Decontamination of reusable medical instruments (RMDs) is today’s top eight patient safety concern (ECRI, 2018). Many healthcare organizations continue to be non-compliant on decontamination of RMD standards.</p> <p><strong>Purpose and Aims:</strong> The purpose of this study …
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Model Validation and Inversion of Active Implantable Medical Devices
… validation and inversion for active implantable medical devices (AIMD) used for safety evaluations under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil emission were discussed. A mathematical derivation is presented to provide guidance on selecting meaningful pathways for the model …
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Communication and energy delivery architectures for personal medical devices
… necessitating large form-factors for external devices, or eventual surgical re-implantation procedures for in-vivo applications. Since communication and energy-management sub-systems often dominate the power budgets of personal biomedical devices, this thesis explores alternative usecases, …
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Engineering Medical Devices to Improve Oral Delivery of Biopharmaceuticals
The dynamic mechanics of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including gut contractions, variable pH, and degradative enzymes, significantly challenge the development of oral delivery systems for biologic drugs by compromising their reliable delivery and therapeutic efficacy. While recent advances in …
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An Environmental Impact Assessment of 3D Printed Medical Devices
… to mirror the specific conditions of the medical device facility.
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Distributed record and replay blackbox for acute care medical devices
Medical devices have been used in HealthCare for years. Such devices transform the way clinical operations are being performed, rendering care both more efficient and more effective. Equipped with advanced sensors and precision electronics, they can collect physiological measurements of patients in …
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Application of 3D printing in medical devices New Product Development
… Development (NPD). This is especially so in its Medical Devices (MD) franchise increased salable lifetime, first mover advantage, customer loyalty, and company reputation for innovation are just some of the reasons that accelerating the pace of development is a priority at J&J. Despite the …
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Factors influencing the time for FDA review of medical devices
… begin commercial distribution of a new type of medical device in the United States. The premarket approval application (PMA) is the process by which this occurs. Companies submit a PMA after they have completed laboratory test, animal studies and human clinical trials to demonstrate the safety …
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Microstructural control during three dimensional printing of polymeric medical devices
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1998.
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Al-Ni Nanofilm Powered Miniature Linear Actuator for Medical Devices
Amedical device is sought to improve drug delivery options available to healthcare providers and patients; our initial focus is to develop a piston that can provide the power necessary to do an injection from an ingestible device. While many methods to administer drugs currently exist, the …
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Design and Validation of Medical Devices for Photothermally Augmented Treatments
*1-Dimensional Advective-Diffusion Model in Porous Media Infusion of therapeutic agents into tissue is makes use of two mass transport modes: advective transport, and molecular diffusion. Bulk infusion into a 0.6% wt agarose phantom was modeled as an infinite, homogenous, and isotropic porous …
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