A new approach to orthotics and bone scaffolds could mean devices that fit your body, lifestyle, and healing needs – designed down to the smallest detail – is being led by Auckland of University senior lecturer in engineering science and biomedical engineering, Dr Maedeh Amirpour.
Dr Amirpour is working to develop personalised supports using biocompatible 3D-printed frameworks combined with body-safe gels.
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NZ Medtech Scene
Wellington company Wellumio is a finalist in this year's KiwiNet Awards which celebrate the union of scientific research with commercial opportunity. Wellumio has created a portable device that can detect strokes at the first point of care e.g. in an ambulance. With an estimated 9500 New Zealanders suffering a stroke every year and tens of millions worldwide, it has the potential to not only improve patient outcomes but to save billions in healthcare costs globally. The first human clinical trial of the device is currently being run at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Co-founder, Dr. Shieak Tzeng explains to Susie how it works and when they hope to get it to market.
NZ Medtech Scene
Māori and Pacific students get hands-on with cutting-edge healthcare technology.
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Research
An inhaler delivers medication directly to the lungs when an asthma attack starts but what if there was a way to prevent the attack even starting? That’s what University of Otago Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak and his colleagues are working on – and it just might be a small wearable device.