The Mechanical and Chemical Characterization of a 3D Printed Ear Implant

Design and Development of a prostate phantom model to mechanically mimic human tissue: To test new instruments developed for brachytherapy

Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer among males. Brachytherapy has become a common treatment for this disease. In this form of radiotherapy, sealed radiation sources are placed through a implant catheters inside the prostate. This treatment affects the tumor cells locally and reduces damage to healthy tissues. However...

Unravelling the antibacterial mechanisms of silver, copper and zinc nanoparticles incorporated on titanium bone implants

Background. The past four decades, the problem of resistant bacteria has emerged. As a result of biofilm formation of (resistant) bacteria on the implant, more implant-associated infections (IAI) occurred. This has caused an increase in orthopaedic implant revisions, causing a high burden of disease. To overcome the rising problem of resistance,...

A Steerable Stylet for the Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure

In recent years, more and more medical operations are done minimally invasive. Intervention radiology is a medical specialty which uses minimally invasive techniques to diagnose, or treat diseases. Instruments like needles and catheters are used by radiologists to enter the network of veins and arteries guided by image modalities. A complex...

Prolonged Ex vivo Preservation: Creating a Normothermic Machine Perfusion Setup

Expanded Criteria Donor (ECD) organs are being used more often in clinical setting. The regenerative ability of the organs might be able to restore the organ to full functionality ex vivo. For long term kidney stabilization, optimization and monitoring an organ incubator is preferable. However, it is unclear which available parts would work best...