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3D printed customised insoles for diabetes patients

14 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

In the past, insoles for patients with diabetes were hand-made by orthopaedic shoemakers. In the future, these specialist shoemakers will be able to produce insoles more cost-effectively thanks to new software and the use of 3D printers. This approach means the mechanical properties of each insole can be assessed scientifically…

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Robots help position interventional needles

28 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Precisely positioning needles will become faster thanks to a robotic arm that researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute have modified specifically...

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Formation of nano- and micro-scale drug delivery systems using microfluidic technology

17 October 2014 | By , ,

The recent developments in microfluidic technology have provided an effective microreactor platform for the production of a range of pharmaceutically related materials in both nano- and micro-scale. This can be attributed to the unique characteristics that microfluidic-based reactors offer in terms of controllability and uniformity of the material characteristics, compared…