The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...
Tags: Cancer Diagnostics, optical technologies, ultrasound technologies
SAN DIEGO,Jan.26(UPI)--A California electrician developed star-shaped cataracts in his eyes after 14,000 volts of electricity passed through his body,his doctor says. Dr.Robert S.Korn of the University of California,San Diego,said the ...
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In 2002, Secretary of state Donald Rumsfeld made a statement regarding weapons of mass destruction that today is still well known. He famously parsed the evidence (or lack thereof) into "known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns." ...
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Unilife, a medical device and technology company, has announced the signing of an agreement with a global pharmaceutical company seeking to use the Unilife Ocu-ject ocular drug delivery system to deliver a target injectable therapy into the ...
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Posted in Implantable devices by Chris Newmarker on November 26, 2013 Investors apparently see promise in retinal implant systems and their potential to make the blind see again. Pixium Vision—a 2-year-old French company ...
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For many suffering from blindness, the perfect Christmas gift has arrived. Next month, the Argus II Retinal Prothesis System by Second Sight is slated to go on sale in the United States. The Argus II by Second Sight can restore sight for ...
Tags: Bionic Eye, blindness
The naive view of how humans "see" what they look at assumes that what goes into our eyes, which is basically a map of hue and value areas captured from the outside world on our retinas, gets dumped into our brains pretty much as is. ...
Santen Pharmaceutical, a manufacturer of ophthalmic and anti-rheumatic pharmaceuticals, has introduced TAPROS MINI ophthalmic solution 0.0015%, indicated for glaucoma and ocular hypertension. TAPROS MINI ophthalmic solution contains ...
Posted by Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 3/25/2013 12:22:33 PM The U.S. Department of Energy has approved of the first bionic eye for use in the U.S. The creation of this retinal prosthesis stems, in part, from DOE support for a decade of ...
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Jessica Lloyd-Jones, a visiting artist at Urban Glass, New York, collaborated with renowned glass artists and neon specialists to produce these sculptures. Fueled by her interest in biological electricity she created 4 unique pieces.These ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Anatomical Neon, Jessica Lloyd Jones