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Image: Intraocular lens implant held with a surgical instrument

The next generation of visual implants

30.10.2024

There are almost 40 million blind people worldwide, with a further 124 million suffering from visual impairment. Researchers have long been looking for ways to at least partially restore sight to make everyday life easier for those affected. With the miniaturization of technology and improved data transmission and evaluation, visual implants are increasingly coming into focus.
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Image: Close-up of piezoceramic stack actuator on blue background; Copyright: Fraunhofer IKTS

Fraunhofer IKTS

COMPAMED 2023: Piezoceramics shorten root canal treatments

08.11.2023

When carrying out root canal treatment procedures, dentists need to insert a file deep into the root canal to remove the inflamed tissue. The rotating file often gets jammed and must be cleaned regularly. Researchers have developed a piezoceramic stack actuator that overlays the rotating motion with a vibrating motion.
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Image: An active fiber fabricated by the thermal drawing; Copyright: Sato et al

Sato et al

Navigating complex biological systems with smart fibers

09.02.2023

Instrumenting integrative actuators and sensors within a single active device at the microscale is constrained by current manufacturing technologies. Now, a team of researchers has developed a flexible polymer-based actuatable fiber which is capable of being integrated with smart materials and biosensing composite materials.
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Image: Representation of a human forearm, with muscles, tendons and bones, around which microimplants are visible distributed; Copyright: WILDDESIGN GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

WILDDESIGN GmbH, Gelsenkirchen

A new generation of microimplants

07.02.2023

They are barely the size of a thumbnail, able to communicate with each other and respond to each other, and designed to make life easier for people with functional limitations. We are talking about a new generation of interactive microimplants developed by the innovation cluster INTAKT.
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