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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A STAPLER FOR PERFORMING END-TO-END AND END-TO-SIDE ANASTOMOSES ON MEDIUM TO LARGE VESSELS, AND FOR REPAIRING BLOOD VESSELS AND VASCULAR ANEURYSMS, AND TO DEVELOP A SURGICAL PROTOCOL FOR ITS USE. THE METHOD PROPOSED USES A SPECIAL STAPLER AND CONFIGURATION OF STAPLES WHICH MINIMIZESBLOOD CONTACT WITH THE STAPLES, DOES NOT RESTRICT THE FLOW OF BL ...

LABOR SAVING TECHNIQUES ARE ESSENTIAL GIVEN THE CURRENT PRESSURE ON CLINICAL COST CONTAINMENT. SINCE BLOOD CLASSIFICATION AND SCREENING IS A NOTORIOUSLY LABOR INTENSIVE AREA OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY, MANUFACTURERS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON DEVELOPING VARIOUS ABO/RH TYPING TECHNIQUES. FEW OF US RECOGNIZE THE SPECIALIZATION NEEDED IN PERFORMING SUCH TESTS, AND THE MINOR IMPACT THESE TESTS HAVE HAD IN T ...

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A NOVEL NON-CONTACT NON-INVASIVE INFRARED (IR) SENSOR IS PROPOSED FOR IN-SITU DIAGNOSTICS IN CVD REACTORS. DURING CVD PROCESSES, THE SUBSTRATES WILL BE HEATED. THE IR SENSOR TAKES THE ADVANTAGE OF THE HEATED SUBSTRATE AS THE SOURCES OF IR RADIATION. BY SENSING AND ANALYZING THE IR RADIATION FROM A SUBSTRATE, THE SUBSTRATE SURFACE CAN BE PROBED. MOREOVER, LOW TEMPERATURE SILICON EPITAXY HAS BEEN CH ...

AS PART OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, ADVANCED MAGNETICS INTENDS TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF LIVER-TARGETED,FERRITE-BASED CONTRAST AGENTS TO ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING FOR DETECTION OF LIVER METASTASES USING A RAT TUMOR MODEL. ALTHOUGH MOST STUDIES WITH MR CONTRAST AGENTS HAVE INVOLVED ONLY IONS OR ION ...

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WE WILL DEVELOP AN INSTRUMENT BASED UPON HALL EFFECT SENSORS FOR MEASURING THREE DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRESSURE AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN TWO SURFACES. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO MEASURE THE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OF FEET WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A SURFACE. WHILE MANY RESEARCHERS IN BIOMECHANICS ARE INTERESTED IN THIS MEASUREMENT, DIABETICS IN PARTICULAR COULD BENEFIT BY IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREAS OF ...

HOME CARE INHALATION THERAPY REQUIRES A READY SUPPLY OF OXYGEN FOR PATIENT COMFORT. UNFORTUNATELY, AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPLYING OXYGEN ALL SUFFER FROM MAJOR DRAW- BACKS. THE MOST NOTABLE COMMON PROBLEM IS EXCESSIVE WEIGHT WHICH LIMITS PATIENT MOBILITY BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A TRULY PORTABLE HOME CARE UN ...

THIS RESEARCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WHOLE-BODY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SYSTEM CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING COMPLETE TOMOGRAPHIC PROTON IMAGES IN ABOUT 50 MILLISECONDS. IN PARTICULAR, THE POTENTIAL UTILIZATION OF 180-DEGREE RADIOFREQUENCY PULSES IS ADDRESSED AS A MEANS OF ELIMINATING ARTIFACTS THAT ARISE AS A RESULT OF MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS MANDATED BY SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO AN ...