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Portable Radiation Detector
The Problem: Nuclear security has grown increasingly important given concerns about the potential availability of such materials to terrorist groups. To safeguard the public against the misuse of radioactive materials, detection devices that are capable of thwarting such attacks must be further refined, developed, and implemented. Most current systems... (read more) -
Laparoscopic/endoscopic component separation simulator
The Technology: Reconstruction of the abdominal wall to repair ventral hernias with loss of domain remains challenging. The traditional technique of component separation by creating wide skin flaps has become an acceptable method, but it predisposes the patient to skin-flap necrosis and wound complication rates as high as 17-35%. Endoscopic components... (read more) -
Mobile tracking device for medical applications (MTD)
The Technology: Prior to the use of fluoroscopy, kinematics of human joints were assessed using cadavers or motion analyses systems. Unfortunately, cadaver testing does not allow for in vivo soft-tissue conditions to be present, and motion analyses systems induce significant out-of-plane error due to skin motion. Fluoroscopy does have advantages for... (read more)