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...r acute pain in the hospital setting, consist of a programmable machine, a pole and connective tubing, which are attached to the patient via an intravenous line into their arm. By contrast, IONSYS TM is a lightweight, compact system, approximately the size of a credit card that adheres to a patient's upper arm ...LSUHSC neurosurgical team discovers novel therapy for intractable hiccups
...stimulator uses electrical impulses delivered by a programmable generator implanted in the chest to two tiny leads wrapping around the vagus nerve in the neck to disrupt faulty nerve communication. The "dose" of stimulation, programmed by the physician, is automatically delivered. VNS therapy has been effective i...Chip design has potential as artificial retina
...NN project. The CNN chip is small and fast and has programmable capability. Other potential medical applications in addition to the artificial eye include real-time diagnosis for heart monitoring and ultrasound imaging of the heart for real-time 3-D heart images. A clinic in Bonn, Germany is already trying out t...UK College of Medicine researchers study technologies to deliver drugs to the brain
...SynchroMed®Infusion System, an implantable and programmable pump developed by MedtronicInc., to deliver drugs directly into the brain. The pump currently is approvedfor delivery of drugs directly to the fluid around the spinal cord in patientswith chronic and intractable pain, cancer pain, and severe muscle ...UW, Siemens Unveil New Panoramic Ultrasound Imaging Application Using Programmable Technology
...d the University of Washington. Thebreakthrough, a programmable image processor, adds the power of asupercomputer ...f 40 high-end Pentium processors. It uses powerful programmable hardwaretechnology and software functions conceived and developed by Yongmin Kim, UWprofessor of ele...