Smartphone and Game Console Technology for Health Tech Application

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJjVNNbWgBjPzpL3L5GELC2owyq4qxlXau23CWh2rwnkKWqhUlGUqaQMSd6lF06LA4NLw194w22uBE8ZCPrVRpZ1pACSNpG8Mb7fmxKlBSLbR4iAYlqRyYm-UaIOIvRWVkcCRgw9fJ6QP/s1600/ultrasound-microchip-youtube-screensnap-712.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="712" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJjVNNbWgBjPzpL3L5GELC2owyq4qxlXau23CWh2rwnkKWqhUlGUqaQMSd6lF06LA4NLw194w22uBE8ZCPrVRpZ1pACSNpG8Mb7fmxKlBSLbR4iAYlqRyYm-UaIOIvRWVkcCRgw9fJ6QP/s640/ultrasound-microchip-youtube-screensnap-712.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Duke University and Stanford University doctors and engineers are developing an ultrasound device that can be an equivalent of more expensive 3D imaging with just the addition of a chip that costs US$10.00</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Joshua Broder, MD, who is an associate professor and emergency physician at Duke Health, Durham, North Carolina, USA came up with the idea when he was playing the Nintendo Wii game console with his son.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Observing that  the Wii console was able to track the controller accurately, he concluded that the same principle can be done when a similar device can be “slaved” to a hand-held ultrasound probe.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum in Washington, D.C., the innovation showed potential in emergency medicine applications.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">This device can be used in lieu of the more traditional MRI and CT Scan machines that cost five times than the ultrasound system being used.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The requirement that in order to generate a 3D image, there must be precise and accurate tracking and orientation of the ultrasound probe enables the “modified” probe to stitch hundreds of individual slices of the anatomy thus generating a 3D image.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The next step after a year was for Dr. Joshua Broder to bring his ideas to Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. Together with undergraduate Matt Morgan and instructors and professors in biomedical engineering  Carl Herickhoff and Jeremy Dahl both of whom have since moved to Stanford University, the device is still being developed further. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The chip, the size of a fingernail is attached to an ultrasound probe and is connected to a laptop that has been inputted with a developed program for the device. In a matter of seconds, a 3D model is generated. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The device which is a standard ultrasound probe has the chip attached to it and is used in its regular way to generate the 3D image.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The prototypes were created at Duke University’s 3D printing laboratory. The next step is or trials to determine how best to use the device in patient care. Also, development is going further in enabling the device to adapt to other 3D imaging machines.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The device has good potential in generating 3D images where MRI and CT Scan devices are not available such as rural areas and in developing countries.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Source:</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Readings from : </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://surgery.duke.edu/faculty/joshua-seth-broder-md">https://surgery.duke.edu/faculty/joshua-seth-broder-md</a></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-10-microchip-can-turn-ultrasounds-high-powered-3d-image-machines">http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-10-microchip-can-turn-ultrasounds-high-powered-3d-image-machines</a></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5544835517721897626&postID= 8550107446053179679&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9Bov-5jxblscorzGCopVL5Xz68i6dvP9jIudFNjEHqR8MMdmVfysddhDjGUhuvlerb67aHnfQDJEUeUQZ5kjo_Wx4ig1t1Up2WOpNkMj-NaNLwPtxqdA3ez_SOd-1IwiRZWwI2BCbpA/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5544835517721897626&postID= 8550107446053179679&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMggqAn9B6n_ue3iBOqDQgfJmfpRxWvLyKJRt7IFP17wasPqRAsizTNNHpZHUKMuDMZm5A4duwa4m0IFs-cBh79J03YQVVToXxjf2LZ6qNn4CyLwa8Wy-c4jj2UC8QFH081Ja_q0iaXdM/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div>

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How 3D Printing May Be Able To Solve Infertility Issues

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbzIr9Uiyjfu9rtZ_HclmsS1HLRoM2xkB_sNxFw0R8YoSFCv3PQubQtp8d09RpBiOK_tgF3CiiA42-BfZr_HJI1CUZmXcqgGvHVae38HfiXxHmKURD_CWJ9er-YY2DGIVVrdJv1rUvy8/s1600/3D+Printing+Solves+Mouse+Infertility.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbzIr9Uiyjfu9rtZ_HclmsS1HLRoM2xkB_sNxFw0R8YoSFCv3PQubQtp8d09RpBiOK_tgF3CiiA42-BfZr_HJI1CUZmXcqgGvHVae38HfiXxHmKURD_CWJ9er-YY2DGIVVrdJv1rUvy8/s400/3D+Printing+Solves+Mouse+Infertility.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Want children, but it seems like no matter how hard you try, you and your spouse just couldn’t seem to help nature bring forth your heart’s desire? Rejoice, as a breakthrough may be on the horizon: Researchers at the Women's Health Research Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have engineered another use for 3D Printing—a possible solution to infertility. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">The researchers installed a 3D-printed ovary on a mouse, and the mouse was able to mate naturally and give birth to two pups of her own. An interesting way for technology to help nature, right? </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">While this medical breakthrough only seems to address the lack of a functioning ovary in a mouse, who knows what else 3D printing could replace? Damaged fallopian tubes? Endometrial lining that just can’t hold a baby firmly? An STD-ravaged cervix? Or how about testes that don’t produce the right amount of sperm to sustain fertilization? The possibilities are endless. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">The application for 3D printing is chiefly in creating prosthetic parts for amputees and other patients who may require assistance with limbs and other body parts. The technology has also been used in creating anatomically-accurate models for teaching purposes, as well as medical equipment that may have been more expensive to create and transport otherwise. Although medical professionals can already create tissues complete with blood vessels, heart valves, and even sensors for organs that may have lost feeling through wonders of 3D printing, solutions for infertility had been unheard-of, at least, until today. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">So if IVF or surrogate pregnancy won’t work for you and your spouse, decades in the very near future, you may be able to hold a bundle of pure joy and your merged DNA—thanks to the wonders of 3D Printing. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">For more applications on 3D Printing, <b><a href="https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/12-things-we-can-3d-print-in-medicine-right-now-42867/">VISIT THIS LINK</a></b>. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">  </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/16/health/3-d-printed-ovary/">This news was scooped from CNN</a></b>. A video explaining the medical breakthrough is also available on the linked article. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">***</span></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo Credits: </b><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/16/health/3-d-printed-ovary/" target="_blank">CNN</a></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=5544835517721897626&postID=3341521348434219844&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9Bov-5jxblscorzGCopVL5Xz68i6dvP9jIudFNjEHqR8MMdmVfysddhDjGUhuvlerb67aHnfQDJEUeUQZ5kjo_Wx4ig1t1Up2WOpNkMj-NaNLwPtxqdA3ez_SOd-1IwiRZWwI2BCbpA/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=780060284859147958&postID=&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMggqAn9B6n_ue3iBOqDQgfJmfpRxWvLyKJRt7IFP17wasPqRAsizTNNHpZHUKMuDMZm5A4duwa4m0IFs-cBh79J03YQVVToXxjf2LZ6qNn4CyLwa8Wy-c4jj2UC8QFH081Ja_q0iaXdM/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> --------------------------------------------</div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

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