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This book offers a timely report on an emerging topic in the field of wearable assistive technology: the design and development of robotic extra fingers. After a concise review of the state of the art and a description of earlier prototypes, it discusses the authors’ efforts to address issues such as portability and wearability of the devices, including strategies to reduce fatigue and to integrate the motion of the extra fingers with that of the human hand. The book also explores optimized con…

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Author: Hussain, Irfan

Other Authors: Prattichizzo, Domenico

Responsibility: Irfan Hussain, Domenico Prattichizzo

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2020

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 145 p.) : 77 illus., 72 illus. in color

Series Vol.: 26

Series Title: Biosystems & biorobotics

ISBN: 9783030520021; 9783030520014 (Print ed.); 9783030520038 (Print ed.); 9783030520045 (Print ed.)

ISSN: 2195-3562

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Engineering; Fingers; Prostheses and Implants; Robotics

Specialty: Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; Biomedical Technology

Abstract: This book offers a timely report on an emerging topic in the field of wearable assistive technology: the design and development of robotic extra fingers. After a concise review of the state of the art and a description of earlier prototypes, it discusses the authors’ efforts to address issues such as portability and wearability of the devices, including strategies to reduce fatigue and to integrate the motion of the extra fingers with that of the human hand. The book also explores optimized control algorithms and the design of wearable sensorimotor interfaces, and presents a set of tests carried out on healthy subjects and chronic stroke patients. Merging concepts from robotics, biomechanics, human factors and control theory and offering an overview of supernumerary robotic fingers, including the challenges, this book will inspire researchers involved in the development of wearable robotic devices and interfaces based on the principles of wearability, safety, ergonomics and user comfort.

Contents: Introduction -- Enhancing human hand manipulation abilities through supernumerary robotic fingers -- Compensating hand function in chronic stroke patients through the supernumerary robotic finger -- Design and development of soft supernumerary robotic fingers for grasp compensation in chronic stroke patients -- Wearable sensory motor interfaces for supernumerary robotic fingers -- Wearable EMG interfaces for motion control of supernumerary robotic fingers -- From grasp compensation towards hemiparetic upper limb rehabilitation -- Conclusions and future work.

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Bioimage Data Analysis Workflows

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Kota Miura, Nataša Sladoje, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2020.

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This Open Access textbook provides students and researchers in the life sciences with essential practical information on how to quantitatively analyze data images. It refrains from focusing on theory, and instead uses practical examples and step-by step protocols to familiarize readers with the most commonly used image processing and analysis platforms such as ImageJ, MatLab and Python. Besides gaining knowhow on algorithm usage, readers will learn how to create an analysis pipeline by scriptin…

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Other Authors: Miura, Kota; Sladoje, Nataša

Responsibility: Kota Miura, Nataša Sladoje, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2020

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 170 p.) : 69 illus., 58 illus. in color

Series Title: Learning materials in biosciences

ISBN: 9783030223861; 9783030223854 (Print ed.); 9783030223878 (Print ed.)

ISSN: 2509-6125

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Technology; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Medical Informatics; Microscopy; Workflow

Subjects (LCSH): Biomedical engineering; Cell biology; Bioinformatics; Biology—Technique; Systems biology; Biological systems

Specialty: Diagnostic Imaging; Medical Informatics

Abstract: This Open Access textbook provides students and researchers in the life sciences with essential practical information on how to quantitatively analyze data images. It refrains from focusing on theory, and instead uses practical examples and step-by step protocols to familiarize readers with the most commonly used image processing and analysis platforms such as ImageJ, MatLab and Python. Besides gaining knowhow on algorithm usage, readers will learn how to create an analysis pipeline by scripting language. These skills are important in order to document reproducible image analysis workflows. The textbook is chiefly intended for advanced undergraduates in the life sciences and biomedicine without a theoretical background in data analysis, as well as for postdocs, staff scientists and faculty members who need to perform regular quantitative analyses of microscopy images.

Contents: Workflows and Components of Bioimage Analysis -- Measurements of Intensity Dynamics at the Periphery of the Nucleus -- 3D Quantitative Colocalisation Analysis -- The NEMO Dots Assembly: Single-Particle Tracking and Analysis -- Introduction to MATLAB -- Resolving the Process of Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis Using Correlative Light & Electron Microscopy (CLEM).

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Biomedical informatics : computer applications in health care and biomedicine

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Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino, editors. (Fourth edition) --London: Springer , c2014.

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Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine meets the growing demand of practitioners, researchers, educators, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field and the underlying scientific issues that sit at the intersection of biomedical science, patient care, public health, and information technology (IT). This 4th edition reflects the remarkable changes in both computing and health care that continue to occur and the exploding interes…

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Other Authors: Shortliffe, Edward Hance; Cimino, James J

Responsibility: Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino, editors

Edition: Fourth edition

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 965 pages)

ISBN: 9781447144748 (electronic bk.); 9781447144731

Subjects (MeSH): Medical Informatics

Subjects (LCSH): Bioinformatics; Biomedical engineering; Medical informatics; Médecine

Notes: Previous edition: 2006.

Abstract: Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine meets the growing demand of practitioners, researchers, educators, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field and the underlying scientific issues that sit at the intersection of biomedical science, patient care, public health, and information technology (IT). This 4th edition reflects the remarkable changes in both computing and health care that continue to occur and the exploding interest in the role that IT must play in care coordination and the melding of genomics with innovations in clinical practice and treatment. New chapters have been introduced on the health information infrastructure, consumer health informatics, telemedicine, translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, and health IT policy, while the others have all undergone extensive revisions, in many cases with new authors. The organization and philosophy are unchanged, focusing on the science of information and knowledge management and the role of computers and communications in modern biomedical research, health, and health care. Emphasizing the conceptual basis of the field rather than technical details, it provides an introduction and extensive bibliography so that readers can comprehend, assess, and utilize biomedical informatics and health IT. The volume focuses on easy-to-understand examples, a guide to additional literature, chapter summaries, and a comprehensive glossary with concise definitions of recurring terms for self-study or classroom use.

Contents: Biomedical Informatics: The Science and the Pragmatics -- Biomedical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use -- Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning -- Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics -- Computer Architectures for Health Care and Biomedicine -- Software Engineering for Health Care and Biomedicine -- Standards in Biomedical Informatics -- Natural Language Processing in Health Care and Biomedicine -- Biomedical Imaging Informatics -- Ethics and Biomedical and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes -- Evaluation of Biomedical and Health Information Resources -- Electronic Health Record Systems -- The Health Information Infrastructure -- Management of Information in Health Care Organizations -- Patient-Centered Care Systems -- Public Health Informatics -- Consumer Health Informatics and Personal Health Records -- Telehealth -- Patient Monitoring Systems -- Imaging Systems in Radiology -- Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries -- Clinical Decision-Support Systems -- Computers in Health Care Education -- Bioinformatics -- Translational Bioinformatics -- Clinical Research Informatics -- Health Information Technology Policy -- The Future of Informatics in Biomedicine.

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Bone and Cartilage Engineering

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by Ulrich Meyer, Hans Peter Wiesmann. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2006.

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Author: Meyer, Ulrich

Other Authors: Wiesmann, Hans Peter

Responsibility: by Ulrich Meyer, Hans Peter Wiesmann

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2006

ISBN: 9783540336068

Subjects (MeSH): Biocompatible Materials; Bone Regeneration; Bone and Bones - surgery; Cartilage - surgery; Tissue Engineering

Subjects (LCSH): Orthopedics; Biomaterials; Biomedical engineering

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Cardiac Pacing and Device Therapy

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David R. Ramsdale, Archana Rao. --London: Springer , c2012.

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Cardiac pacing is one of the best examples where the developments in technology and the microchip industry have resulted in outstanding clinical benefits to patients, and it is likely that further innovation and miniaturization will continue to make this specialty a stimulating and exciting one. As pacing is being devolved from specialist to smaller cardiology centers and where pacemaker implantation is becoming the domain of cardiologists rather than surgeons, there is a need for practical cli…

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Author: Ramsdale, David R

Other Authors: Rao, Archana

Responsibility: David R. Ramsdale, Archana Rao

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 568 p. : 970 ill., 759 ill. in color)

ISBN: 9781447129394

Subjects (MeSH): Cardiac pacing, artificial; Pacemaker, Artificial

Subjects (LCSH): Biomedical engineering; Cardiology; Heart - Surgery

Abstract: Cardiac pacing is one of the best examples where the developments in technology and the microchip industry have resulted in outstanding clinical benefits to patients, and it is likely that further innovation and miniaturization will continue to make this specialty a stimulating and exciting one. As pacing is being devolved from specialist to smaller cardiology centers and where pacemaker implantation is becoming the domain of cardiologists rather than surgeons, there is a need for practical clinical guidance to pacing issues that can be used alongside a comprehensive practical training program in an experienced pacing centre. Cardiac Pacing and Device Therapy is a practical reference for all those involved in the day-to-day care of paced patients and particularly for those cardiologists planning a career in this most interesting and exciting specialty, the so-called "device specialist". The text and images will give the reader a greater understanding of the type of technology and equipment that is currently available from the cardiac device industry. The book contains practical information on temporary and epicardial pacing, elective generator change, explant procedures, pacing in children, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, troubleshooting in pacing and training guidelines/regulations for those intending to make a career in pacing/device implantation. As such, this book provides an superb illustrated introduction to those with an interest in cardiac pacing and device therapy, from trainees and clinical fellows through to consultant cardiologists involved in a pacemaker program, cardiac physiologists and other allied medical professionals.

Contents: [Machine generated contents note] 1. History and Developments -- 2. Permanent Pacing: Current Overview -- 3. Pathology Associated with Need for Pacing -- 4. Permanent Pacemaker Implantation for Bradycardias: Indications -- 5. Investigations Prior to Pacing -- 6. Permanent Pacemakers and Leads -- 7. Implantation Technique -- 8. Predischarge Pacemaker Checks and Advice -- 9. Programmable Functions and Terminology -- 10. Precautions After Permanent Pacemaker Implantation -- 11. Follow-up After Pacemaker Implantation -- 12. Complications of Pacemaker Implantation -- 13. Temporary Pacing -- 14. Pacing in Patients with Structural Cardiac Abnormalities -- 15. Pacemaker and ICD Implantation in Children -- 16. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy -- 17. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators -- 18. Elective Generator Change -- 19. Explant Procedures -- 20. Epicardial/Epimyocardial Pacing -- 21. Troubleshooting After Device Implantation -- 22. Training in Pacing.

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Cardiovascular Regeneration Therapies Using Tissue Engineering Approaches

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edited by Hidezo Mori, Hikaru Matsuda. --Tokyo: Springer-Verlag , c2005.

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Author: Mori, Hidezo

Other Authors: Matsuda, Hikaru

Responsibility: edited by Hidezo Mori, Hikaru Matsuda

Place of Publication: Tokyo

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2005

ISBN: 9784431273783

Subjects (MeSH): Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Regeneration; Regenerative Medicine - methods; Tissue Engineering - methods

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology; Heart - Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Transplantation of organs tissues etc; Biomedical engineering

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The concise manual of apheresis therapy

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Eisei Noiri, Norio Hanafusa, editors. --Tokyo: Springer , c2014.

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This pocket-sized manual serves as a concise and ideal reference work for therapeutic approaches using apheresis. Covering both basic theory and clinical details to facilitate improved treatment and patient outcomes, the text considers a variety of diseases, including myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, nephrotic syndrome, TTP/TMA, dilated cardiomyopathy, and many other conditions. The book also reviews the growing t…

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Other Authors: Noiri, E; Hanafusa, Norio

Responsibility: Eisei Noiri, Norio Hanafusa, editors

Place of Publication: Tokyo

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 418 pages)

ISBN: 9784431544128 (electronic bk.); 9784431544111

Subjects (MeSH): Blood Component Removal

Subjects (LCSH): Hemapheresis - Handbooks, manuals, etc; Blood Component Removal - Handbooks; Nephrology; Biomedical engineering

Abstract: This pocket-sized manual serves as a concise and ideal reference work for therapeutic approaches using apheresis. Covering both basic theory and clinical details to facilitate improved treatment and patient outcomes, the text considers a variety of diseases, including myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, nephrotic syndrome, TTP/TMA, dilated cardiomyopathy, and many other conditions. The book also reviews the growing trend toward adopting this unique therapy for a wide range of health management issues such as morbid obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, and for lowering LDL-cholesterol (cholesterol apheresis) in patients unresponsive to medication or lifestyle modification.

Contents: Theoretical Background of Apheresis Therapy -- Methods to Remove Pathogens -- Methods to Remove Pathogens -- Plasma Exchange -- Double Filtration Plasmapheresis -- Plasma Adsorption -- Cryofiltration -- Double Filtration Plasmapheresis Thermo-Mode (DF Thermo) -- Plasma Diafiltration -- Direct Plasma Adsorption -- Cytapheresis -- Cell-Free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy -- Choice of Apheresis Therapy -- Determination of Dosage and Frequency of Therapy -- Vascular Access -- Anticoagulants -- Hypotension -- Bleeding Complications and Reduction of Coagulation Factors -- Allergies -- Electrolyte Disorders -- Avoiding Complications During Apheresis -- Infections -- Neurological Diseases -- Dermatological Disorders -- Kidney Diseases -- Rheumatoid Arthritis and Collagen Diseases -- Blood Type Incompatible Pregnancies -- Multiple Myeloma -- Dilated Cardiomyopathy -- Low Density Lipoprotein Apheresis -- Endotoxin Absorption Therapy -- Liver Disease -- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Thrombotic Microangiopathy -- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Hepatitis C Virus Infection -- Drug Intoxication -- Living Related Kidney Transplantation -- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation -- Apheresis in Children.

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Dawn and evolution of cardiac procedures : research avenues in cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology

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Marco Picichè, editor ; foreword by Alain Carpentier. --Milan: Springer , c2013.

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The origins of cardiac surgery are dramatic. It has evolved through the efforts of visionaries who were often criticized and at times dismissed as mad, as well as the great number of desperate patients who accepted to subject themselves to new and untried procedures in the hope of cheating death. While often disregarded, the history of scientific inquiry has much to teach us, and that of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology is no exception. To discuss the dawn and evolution of cardiac …

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Other Authors: Picichè , Marco

Responsibility: Marco Picichè, editor ; foreword by Alain Carpentier

Place of Publication: Milan

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 353 p. : 90 ill., 45 ill. in color)

ISBN: 9788847024007

Subjects (MeSH): Cardiac Surgical Procedures - history; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods; Diagnostic Imaging - History

Subjects (LCSH): Medical laboratories; Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Heart - Surgery; Biomedical engineering

Abstract: The origins of cardiac surgery are dramatic. It has evolved through the efforts of visionaries who were often criticized and at times dismissed as mad, as well as the great number of desperate patients who accepted to subject themselves to new and untried procedures in the hope of cheating death. While often disregarded, the history of scientific inquiry has much to teach us, and that of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology is no exception. To discuss the dawn and evolution of cardiac procedures, an international team of cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, and biomedical engineers from 22 centers and six countries have been brought together. Each chapter of this book offers a detailed overview of previous investigative efforts and an understanding of the thinking and mentality behind them. Nevertheless, chapters on the recent history of mini-invasive and sutureless valve surgery have also been included, to further assist the reader in transitioning from past to present and on into the future. The attention devoted to research aspects, the comprehensiveness of the historical overview, and the pedagogic and anecdotal nature of the contents make this text unique in the cardiac field and of utmost interest to researchers, cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, residents, medical historians, and biomedical engineers.

Contents: PART I. Research on Cardiac Surgery and Right Cardiac Catheterization before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- PART II. Research on the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine -- PART III. Research on Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery after the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

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Devices for Cardiac Resynchronization : Technologic and Clinical Aspects

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edited by S. Serge Barold, Philippe Ritter. --Boston, MA: Springer Science+Business Media , c2008.

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Author: Barold, S. Serge

Other Authors: Ritter, Philippe

Responsibility: edited by S. Serge Barold, Philippe Ritter

Place of Publication: Boston, MA

Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

Date of Publication: c2008

ISBN: 9780387711676

Subjects (MeSH): Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy; Cardiac pacing, artificial - methods; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices; Heart Failure - therapy

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology; Critical care medicine; Biomedical engineering

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Emerging Technologies in Surgery

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edited by Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Lorenzo. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2007.

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Author: Satava, Richard M

Other Authors: Gaspari, Achille; Lorenzo, Nicola

Responsibility: edited by Richard M. Satava, Achille Gaspari, Nicola Lorenzo

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2007

ISBN: 9783540396000

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Technology - trends; Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods; Technology Assessment, Biomedical

Subjects (LCSH): Biomedical engineering; Surgery

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Engineering of Functional Skeletal Tissues

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edited by Felix Bronner, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Antonios G. Mikos. --London: Springer-Verlag , c2007.

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Author: Bronner, Felix

Other Authors: Farach-Carson, Mary C; Mikos, Antonios G

Responsibility: edited by Felix Bronner, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Antonios G. Mikos

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2007

Series Vol.: 3

Series Title: Topics in bone biology

ISBN: 9781846283666

Subjects (MeSH): Tissue Engineering; Bone Regeneration; Prostheses and Implants; Graft Rejection - prevention & control; Transplantation, Homologous - adverse effects

Subjects (LCSH): Orthopedics; Biomedical engineering

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Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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edited by Ulrich Meyer, Jörg Handschel, Hans Peter Wiesmann, Thomas Meyer. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2009.

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Author: Meyer, Ulrich

Other Authors: Handschel, Jörg; Wiesmann, Hans Peter; Meyer, Thomas

Responsibility: edited by Ulrich Meyer, Jörg Handschel, Hans Peter Wiesmann, Thomas Meyer

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2009

ISBN: 9783540777557

Subjects (MeSH): Bioartificial Organs; Biocompatible Materials; Regenerative Medicine - methods; Stem cell transplantation; Tissue Culture Techniques; Tissue Engineering

Subjects (LCSH): Biomedical engineering; Biotechnology; Transplantation of organs tissues etc

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Handbook of Spine Technology

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edited by Boyle Cheng. --Cham: Springer , c2020.

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This handbook is the most authoritative and up-to-date reference on spine technology written for practitioners, researchers, and students in bioengineering and clinical medicine. It is the first resource to provide a road map of both the history of the field and its future by documenting the poor clinical outcomes and failed spinal implants that contributed to problematic patient outcomes, as well as the technologies that are currently leading the way towards positive clinical outcomes. The con…

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Other Authors: Cheng, Boyle

Responsibility: edited by Boyle Cheng

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2020

Physical Description: 1 online resource

Series Title: Springer reference

ISBN: 9783319330372

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Engineering; Spinal Diseases - surgery; Spine - surgery

Specialty: Orthopedic Procedures

Notes: "LIving reference work."

Abstract: This handbook is the most authoritative and up-to-date reference on spine technology written for practitioners, researchers, and students in bioengineering and clinical medicine. It is the first resource to provide a road map of both the history of the field and its future by documenting the poor clinical outcomes and failed spinal implants that contributed to problematic patient outcomes, as well as the technologies that are currently leading the way towards positive clinical outcomes. The contributors are leading authorities in the fields of engineering and clinical medicine and represent academia, industry, and international government and regulatory agencies. The chapters are split into five sections, with the first addressing clinical issues such as anatomy, pathology, oncology, trauma, diagnosis, and imaging studies. The second section, on biomechanics, delves into fixation devices, the bone implant interface, total disc replacements, injury mechanics, and more. The last three sections, on technology, are divided into materials, commercialized products, and surgery. All appropriate chapters will be continually updated and available on the publisher’s website, in order to keep this important reference as up-to-date as possible in a fast-moving field.

Contents: Adjacent-Level Disease: Fact and Fiction -- Allograft Use in Modern Spinal Surgery -- Cervical Total Disc Replacement: Biomechanics - Cervical Total Disc Replacement: Expanded Indications -- Cervical Total Disc Replacement: Technique – Pitfalls and Pearls -- Implant Material Bio-compatibility, Sensitivity, and Allergic Reactions -- Low Back Patterns of Pain: Classification Based on Clinical Presentation -- Lumbar TDR Revision Strategies -- Replacing the Nucleus Pulposus for Degenerative Disc Disease and Disc Herniation: Disc Preservation Following Discectomy -- Spinal Fusion Evaluation in Various Settings: A Summary of Human-Only Studies.

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Implantable cardiac devices technology

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David Korpas, author. --New York, NY: Springer , c2013.

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Development in a majority of medicine branches today is based on technological advancement. This is the case in cardiology, where medical devices designed to correct heart rhythm – pacemakers, cardioverters-defibrillators and biventricular systems – are implanted in order to help a sick heart.Medical pacing devices today are only developed and produced globally by a several producers who make different technical solutions, algorithms, system parameters etc. The book Implantable Cardiac Devices…

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Author: Korpas, David

Responsibility: David Korpas, author

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 116 p. : 91 ill.)

ISBN: 9781461469070

Subjects (MeSH): Cardiac pacing, artificial; Defibrillators, Implantable; Pacemaker, Artificial

Subjects (LCSH): Medicine; Biotechnology; Cardiology; Biomedical engineering

Abstract: Development in a majority of medicine branches today is based on technological advancement. This is the case in cardiology, where medical devices designed to correct heart rhythm – pacemakers, cardioverters-defibrillators and biventricular systems – are implanted in order to help a sick heart.Medical pacing devices today are only developed and produced globally by a several producers who make different technical solutions, algorithms, system parameters etc. The book Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology is targeted at biomedical, clinical engineers, technicians in practice, students of biomedical disciplines, and all medical staff who are required to understand the basics of pacing technology. The book is comprised of fourteen chapters that are further subdivided according to specific topics. Chapters dealing with basic heart anatomy, physiology and arythmology are included for the sake of comprehensiveness. Chapters avoid the description of special functions, but cover general procedures and parameters common for the systems of all producers. The book is intended to serve as a monothematic textbook. In order to make the text comprehensible and well arranged for a reader, references to professional literature are only provided once in a respective chapter.

Contents: Pacemaker history and development -- Basics of pacing -- Cardiac anatomy and physiology -- Cardiac rhythm disorders, pathophysiology, pharmacological treatment -- Pacing modes -- Indication for implants -- Leads -- Pacing systems -- Pacemaker timing -- Implantable cardioverters-defibrillator -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy -- Implant, explant and replacement of systems -- Patient follow-ups -- Electromagnetic compatibility and technical requirements.

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Lipid Nanoparticles : Production, Characterization and Stability

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Rohan Shah, Daniel Eldridge, Enzo Palombo, Ian Harding. --Cham: Springer , c2015.

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What are lipid nanoparticles? How are they structured? How are they formed? What techniques are best to characterize them? How great is their potential as drug delivery systems? These questions and more are answered in this comprehensive and highly readable work on lipid nanoparticles. This work sets out to provide the reader with a clear and understandable understanding of the current practices in formulation, characterization and drug delivery of lipid nanoparticles. A comprehensive descripti…

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Author: Shah, Rohan

Other Authors: Eldridge, Daniel; Palombo, Enzo; Harding, Ian

Responsibility: Rohan Shah, Daniel Eldridge, Enzo Palombo, Ian Harding

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 97 p. : 30 illus., 18 illus. in color)

Series Title: SpringerBriefs in pharmaceutical science & drug development

ISBN: 9783319107110; 9783319107103 (print ed.)

ISSN: 1864-8118

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Engineering; Lipids; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology

Abstract: What are lipid nanoparticles? How are they structured? How are they formed? What techniques are best to characterize them? How great is their potential as drug delivery systems? These questions and more are answered in this comprehensive and highly readable work on lipid nanoparticles. This work sets out to provide the reader with a clear and understandable understanding of the current practices in formulation, characterization and drug delivery of lipid nanoparticles. A comprehensive description of the current understanding of synthesis, characterization, stability optimization and drug incorporation of solid lipid nanoparticles is provided. Nanoparticles have attracted great interest over the past few decades with almost exponential growth in their research and application. Their small particle size and subsequent high surface area make them ideal in many uses, but particularly as drug carrier systems. Nanoparticles made from lipids are especially attractive because of their enhanced biocompatibility imparted by the lipid. The work provides a detailed description of the types of lipid nanoparticles available (e.g. SLN, NLC, LDC, PLN) and how they range from imperfect crystalline to amorphous in structure. Current thoughts on where drugs are situated (e.g. in the core, or at the interface) and how this can be manipulated are discussed. The many techniques for production, including the author's own variant of microwave heating, are fully discussed. Techniques for measuring arguably the most important characteristics of particle size and polydispersity are discussed, along with techniques to measure crystallinity, shape and drug capacity. Finally, a full chapter on techniques for measuring stability, both in the absence and presence of drugs, is discussed, along with suggestions on how to optimize that stability. This work appeals to students of colloid science, practitioners of research into drug delivery and academics alike.

Contents: Introduction -- Composition and structure -- Production techniques -- Characterization -- Physicochemical stability.

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Molecular Sensors for Cardiovascular Homeostasis

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edited by Donna H. Wang. --Boston, MA: Springer , c2007.

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Author: Wang, Donna H

Responsibility: edited by Donna H. Wang

Place of Publication: Boston, MA

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2007

ISBN: 9780387475301

Subjects (MeSH): Biosensing Techniques; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Homeostasis - physiology; Ion Channels - physiology; Signal transduction - physiology

Subjects (LCSH): Cardiology; Biomedical engineering

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Naturally based biomaterials and therapeutics : the case of India

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Veda Eswarappa, Sujata K. Bhatia, authors. --New York, NY: Springer , c2013.

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This book advances biomedical innovations to address the plethora of health problems afflicting the developing world. A panoply of cultural, economic, infrastructural, and other factors prevent many interventions currently popular in the developed world from being similarly effective in the developing world. This book discusses less-traditional approaches, such as naturally based biomaterials and therapeutics, an area that has traditionally been overlooked but has also demonstrated impressive …

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Author: Eswarappa, Veda

Other Authors: Bhatia, Sujata K

Responsibility: Veda Eswarappa, Sujata K. Bhatia, authors

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 90 p. : 27 ill., 17 ill. in color)

Series Title: SpringerBriefs in public health

ISBN: 9781461453864

Subjects (MeSH): Biocompatible Materials; India; Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal; Silk - therapeutic use

Subjects (LCSH): Immunology; Biochemical engineering; Chemical engineering; Microbiology; Biomedical engineering; Biomaterials

Abstract: This book advances biomedical innovations to address the plethora of health problems afflicting the developing world. A panoply of cultural, economic, infrastructural, and other factors prevent many interventions currently popular in the developed world from being similarly effective in the developing world. This book discusses less-traditional approaches, such as naturally based biomaterials and therapeutics, an area that has traditionally been overlooked but has also demonstrated impressive potential for health applications in recent years. This book explores precisely the kinds of applications which can enable countries like India to access more effective, inexpensive treatments while also taking more ownership of their healthcare technologies and innovations.

Contents: Introduction to global health, biomaterials, and therapeutics -- Natural resources with potential for health applications -- Biomaterial and therapeutic appliations -- Implications, challenges, and recommendations.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

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