Medical Lens

Optical Interferometry is the technology that could enable ultrasonic methods to be used internally on patients to capture information about their heart and the heart tissue. Prior to this technology, ultrasounds would be used externally to examine a patient’s heart. The reason for this is that piezo electronic components [...]

The developments of laser systems for eye surgeries have shown great success in the eye surgical field. It was in the 1990s when researchers developed a femtosecond laser that was able to generate ultra-short laser pulses. Because of the robust laser sources and the shortened pulse lengths this laser [...]

National University of Singapore researchers have developed an endoscopic probe that can deliver adjustable-focus capabilities in a smaller, slimmer package; the design will make the procedure less uncomfortable for the patient. The endoscopic probe has a miniature, solid tunable-lens technology that allows for a compact optical zoom and autofocus. [...]

A technique developed by researchers at University College in London has been found to potentially restore the function of muscles afflicted by motor neuron diseases or spinal cord injuries. Researchers found that transplanting motor neurons created from stem cells into injured nerve branches in a patient had the potential to [...]

Optics techniques have been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois that allow ophthalmologists to see the individual cells in the eye ball at the back of a patient’s eye. The benefit of this adaptive optics technique gives the doctor a detailed view of the eye’s blood vessels, cells [...]

A compact, relatively low cost imaging device has been developed by researchers at the Department of Neurosurgery (Los Angeles, CA) that has the ability to distinguish malignant brain tumors from normal, healthy tissue. The new technology is a small camera and a targeted imaging agent that has been developed based [...]

Researchers in London have found that violet-blue LED lights can work with a particular type of Type 2 diabetes medication to help more effectively release insulin. It was discovered that the new medication, “when exposed to violet-blue light, changes shape to release a proper amount of insulin from pancreatic cells.” [...]