When a pacemaker's battery gets low, the whole implant typically has to be surgically replaced. Scientists are therefore developing a noninvasive battery recharging system, which utilizes externally ...

Ultrasound neuromodulation, as a technique for controlling neural activity, has garnered increasing attention in recent years. However, when transmitted externally, ultrasound encounters significant ...

ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ZetrOZ LLC, an innovative manufacturer of medical and therapeutic ultrasound technologies headquartered in Ithaca, NY, received the People's Choice award for ...

A new way of creating specially shaped pulses of ultrasound using light and a 3D printer has been unveiled by Michael Brown and colleagues at University College London. The pulses, which are creating ...

A digital ultrasonic generator from Herrmann Ultrasonics Inc. enables a user to weld, bond and seal larger thermoplastic parts than a previous digital-signal-processor series allowed. Over two years, ...

Fiber-generated ultrasound technologies have been widely used in medical and industrial areas. In spinal fusion surgeries, over 20% of the patients suffer from screw misplacement. The orthopedic spine ...

Formalin fixation and paraffin embedding are conventional tissue preservation and processing methods used for histologic diagnosis in over 90% of cases. However, formalin fixation has three ...

Fig. 1 | An implantable fiber-optic photoacoustic neurostimulator. (a) Schematic illustration of the FPE. (b) Broadband ultrasonic excitation of FPE, b1: time-domain and frequency-domain ultrasound ...