In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, modern vaccination technologies are gaining importance as they promise to protect the world population from future pandemics. Vaccine patches are one of these next generation applications and piezo components or actuators can be used to precisely dispense tiniest droplets on the microneedles.
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Ultrasonic Metering in Intensive Care Devices
· Dr. Annemarie Oesterle
Viruses and other infections particularly affect people with pre-existing conditions such as renal or cardiovascular diseases. In regard to the treatment and therapy of such illnesses, the demands on the medical devices used are ever increasing. Piezo technology offers various possibilities to improve them: Using piezo transducers, for example, makes intensive care devices such as infusion systems...
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Piezo Technology for Medical Ventilators and Nebulizers
· Dr. Annemarie Oesterle
Chronic respiratory diseases like mucoviscidosis, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but also bronchitis, influenza and lung diseases related to COVID-19 require extensive medical treatment. Medical ventilators and nebulizers have a significant part in improving patients’ clinical condition and treating their illnesses. Piezo-driven devices offer high precision and efficiency...
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How an Industrial Safety Concept Can Be Combined with a Hexapod
Finger, hand, or body protection in automated production processes
· Doris Knauer
The integration of a barrier-free safety concept into the control circuit of the hexapod, e.g. of a PILZ safety light curtain, ensures finger, hand, and body protection depending on the required safety level.
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High Dynamic and Precision in All Three Directions in Space: Positioning Systems for Genome Sequencing
· Dr. Thomas Bocher · Markus Wiederspahn
The Sequencing-by-Synthesis method, also known as Solexa-Illumina-method, is the most widespread method among all Next-Generation-Sequencing methods (NGS). It was used to identify the RNA fingerprint of the SARS-COV2 virus in January 2020 in a research institute in Wuhan. Dynamic and precise motion and positioning systems are crucial for the "Sequencing-by-Synthesis" genome sequencing method.
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Piezo Ceramics Enable Precise Liquid Handling for in Vitro Diagnostics
· Dr. Annemarie Oesterle
In vitro diagnostics (IVD) opens up numerous possibilities for early diagnosis and detection of diseases. The requirements for fluid handling in IVD devices are extremely demanding: very small quantities of fluids with different properties must be dosed or moved with high precision. Piezoelectric components and actuators perform these tasks.
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Choosing the Right Hexapod Model
Software Simulates Real Application Situation
· Doris Knauer
Which hexapod is suitable for a specific application and how do external factors influence the limits of the workspace and load? With the hexapod simulation tool you can check even before making a decision on which model to buy if a hexapod is suitable for the positioning task at hand and if it is, which model exactly is suitable.
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Ultrasonic Ablation Fights Atrial Fibrillation
Ultrasonic Transducers from PI Ceramic Are Used by Helium Medical for Award-Winning Treatment
· Dr. Annemarie Oesterle
Approximately 46 million patients worldwide suffer from atrial fibrillation – the most common cardiac arrhythmia, which can lead to life-threatening complications. Healium Medical, an Israeli start-up, developed a transcatheter ultrasonic ablation procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. PI Ceramic manufactures the transducers for this minimally invasive treatment procedure.
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Piezo Ceramic Components in Medical Technology
· PI (Physik Instrumente) Ltd.
On the 17th of March 2020 piezo experts from research and industry will come together in Cranfield to discuss Piezo Ceramic Applications in the Medical World at the PI UK Ceramic Academy.
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Supporting Cutting Edge Innovation
· PI (Physik Instrumente) Ltd.
PI is proud to be part of an innovative new light based data storage technology developed by Microsoft and the University of Southampton under Project Silica.
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