IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"NIH/NIBIB Introduces New Center for Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Late January 2023, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) launched a new center designed to accelerate biomedical discovery and therapeutics, in part by pulling together expert, multidisciplinary teams from throughout the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to quickly respond when national or global health crises strike. The inaugural director of this Center for BME Technology Acceleration, or BETA Center, is biomedical engineer Manu Platt, Ph.D., (Figure 1) who is also taking on the role of NIBIB associate director for scientific diversity, equity, and inclusion. Platt previously held appointments as professor, Wallace H. Coulter distinguished faculty fellow, and diversity director of the Center on Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems and Cellular Manufacturing and Technologies at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745
Jim Banks
{"title":"An Injection of Innovation: How Drug Delivery Systems are Changing.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The market for injectable drugs is booming, fueling both a wave of innovation in device design and a debate about the relative pros and cons of injectables versus oral medication. As regulators continue to approve injectable medications that could replace daily pill regimens, particularly long-acting drugs that could improve patient compliance, it is legitimate to ask whether injectables will one day become the norm.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744
Janet Rae-Dupree
{"title":"Biocompatible Materials Offer Sustainability and Enhanced Design.","authors":"Janet Rae-Dupree","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plastic has done more to revolutionize the medical industry over the past century than any other material. Syringes, intravenous bags, personal protective equipment (PPE), catheters, and test kits-plastic is ubiquitous throughout medicine. It's easy to see why. Plastic is low-cost, easy to process, and can be sterilized efficiently.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782
Andres Diaz Lantada
{"title":"Ethical Issues of 4D Printed Medical Devices.","authors":"Andres Diaz Lantada","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the dawn of additive manufacturing technologies in the 1980s and 90s, now commonly named 3D printing, the possibility of processing raw materials into freeform designed objects with unprecedented shape complexity opened new avenues for the development of medical devices. Indeed, the geometries of nature and the human body are extremely multifaceted, with even fractal- like or multiscale levels of detail, counting with functional gradients of properties, including topology and topography optimizations, to cite some interesting features. In consequence, classical subtracting manufacturing technologies, shape forming tools, and mass production chains are suboptimal for personalizing medical devices and adequately emulating life.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Ultrasound and Microbubbles Combine for Drug Delivery, Detecting Biomarkers.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbubbles and ultrasound are no longer teaming up only as a way to enhance images. New technologies are now using the two to create physical pathways into cells for easier drug delivery, even into the cells of highly drug-resistant cancerous tumors and across the blood-brain barrier. Going further, a Texas research group has developed drug-carrying microbubbles that can complete targeted delivery themselves, and another group in Missouri has shown that two-way traffic in channels across the blood-brain barrier also allow biomarkers to flow out, which provides a new window into the brain as well as brain diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3234852
{"title":"Cover 2","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3234852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3234852","url":null,"abstract":"Presents a listing of the editorial board, board of governors, current staff, committee members, and/or society editors for this issue of the publication.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2022.3227812
Paul H. King
{"title":"Contactless Vital Signs Monitoring","authors":"Paul H. King","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2022.3227812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2022.3227812","url":null,"abstract":"This text appears to be relevant from the title and related advertising material. The book consists of 14 chapters: an introductory chapter, seven chapters dealing with camera-based monitoring, and six chapters that cover wireless sensor-based monitoring. The text was edited by two editors and is the product of some 30 contributors. The book does a reasonable overview of the material. It will likely be useful to electrical and biomedical students interested in the field as it relates to undergraduate instrumentation courses, and to graduate students interested in the development of patient monitoring systems. The text could use a more detailed listing of available equipment for the topics covered, as well as a cost of equipment discussion. One item missing from the text, however, is any discussion of the use of terahertz signal generation and uses, current and potential. ","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138530615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243313
Zara Abrams
{"title":"A New Era for Bionic Limbs.","authors":"Zara Abrams","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite remarkable advances in the field of prosthetic limbs, existing products still aren't meeting the needs of patients. A 2022 survey found that 44% of upper-limb amputees abandoned their prostheses, citing discomfort, heaviness of the device, and problems with functionality [1].</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9625921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243315
Mary Bates
{"title":"Can Emotion AI Keep You Healthier?","authors":"Mary Bates","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243315","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Even for humans, it can be challenging to recognize, interpret, and respond to emotions. Can artificial intelligence (AI) do any better? Technologies often referred to as \"emotion AI\" detect and analyze facial expressions, voice patterns, muscle activity, and other behavioral and physiological signals associated with emotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9625919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}