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Image: Intraocular lens implant held with a surgical instrument

The next generation of visual implants

30.10.2024

With the miniaturization of technology and improved data transmission and evaluation, visual implants are 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 for root canal treatment

08.11.2023

A new piezoceramic actuator adds vibration to root canal files, reducing jamming and improving efficiency during tissue removal.
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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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