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Constructions of Textile Fabrics
Published in Robert Mather, John Wilson, Solar Textiles, 2023
Embroidery is a textile technology in which each yarn or thread can be placed in almost any direction, and with the advent of advanced computer technology and computer-driven machinery, highly complex patterns can be produced. As a consequence, embroidered structures have increasingly been devised for high-tech applications, and indeed structures can be specifically customised for an individual application. Examples in medical technology include surgical implants, such as stents for repairing aneurysms and supports for shoulder repairs. In mechanical engineering, patterns can be designed of high-performance filament yarns, like Kevlar® and carbon fibre, such that they are positioned along the lines of force acting on them. In electrically conducting textiles, embroidered structures can be fabricated that serve as sensors or antennae attached to a fabric. It may therefore also be possible – and useful – to fabricate an embroidered pattern of conductive threads on a textile fabric substrate for other applications, or even to construct a pattern of PV threads onto a fabric.
Ambulatory and Remote Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Motor Symptoms
Published in Daniel Tze Huei Lai, Rezaul Begg, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Healthcare Sensor Networks, 2016
Joseph P. Giuffrida, Edward J. Rapp
First, an obvious but challenging aspect to gaining acceptance of a new medical technology in clinical practice is that it must provide benefits to clinicians and patients compared to available existing technologies. For the Parkinson’s disease market, the traditional standard of care to evaluate motor symptoms is the UPDRS, which must be completed in the presence of a trained clinician and only affords a snapshot in time of patient symptoms (Goetz et al. 2003). A major benefit to clinicians would be to capture patient motor symptoms at home over an extended period of time to evaluate how symptoms fluctuate during the day in response to treatments. The clinician’s need for up to a day’s worth of patient monitoring drives the battery and memory requirements, and ultimately impacts the size and weight of the patient-worn system. Another important benefit of Kinesia compared to the current subjective standard is standardized, objective outcome measures to reduce any inter- and intra-rater reliability issues associated with the UPDRS (Giuffrida et al. 2009). This requires that manufacturing the Kinesia system includes a strict calibration routine to minimize any variability between sensor units. Clinicians are often constrained for time due to the large number of patients in clinical practice; therefore, a large benefit of Kinesia is that it allows them to obtain a more detailed assessment of the patient in less time. Finally, there are often patients with limited access to movement disorder experts due to socio-economic conditions or geography (Hubble et al. 1993). Therefore, providing a low-cost system that can be utilized in remote and ambulatory environments allows clinicians to optimize treatment protocols for these underserved populations.
Critical success factors of medical technology supply chains
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2019
Enrique García-Villarreal, Ran Bhamra, Martin Schoenheit
Medical Technology is any technology applied to save the lives of people affected by a wide array of conditions (Medtech Europe 2017) and ranges from mass production items such as sticking plasters, syringes or latex gloves, to specific equipment such as wheelchairs and hearing aids, to high-tech devices such as pacemakers, replacement joints for knees and hips, to intelligent contact lenses (Eucomed 2015; Medtech Europe 2017). Medical Technology is considered to be an innovative, fast-growing and promising industry, particularly so in Germany as it is the third largest market in the world behind the United States of America and China (BVMed 2018). In addition to some large companies, around 1200 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute the core of the sector (BMBF 2017), with 93% of the organizations providing work for less than 250 employees. In 2017, the total sales volume of Medical Technology organizations rose to 29.9 billion euros, with an export rate of 64% (BVMed 2018).
A novel fuzzy expert system design to assist with peptic ulcer disease diagnosis
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2021
Saeedreza Arab, Kianaz Rezaee, Ghazaleh Moghaddam
Medical technology is a range of tools that can enable health professionals to provide patients and society with a better quality of life. The medical technology reduces the length of hospitalization by performing early diagnosis, reducing complications, optimizing treatment and providing less invasive options. As a part of medical technology, this study evaluates the severity of peptic ulcer using a Fuzzy Expert System.