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Medical devices

Medical devices

Medical Devices

Medical devices have revolutionised the way we treat and diagnose disease and injury. We live longer and healthier lives in part due to these medical devices, which identify diseases and treat diseases with more accuracy and precision. This is an exciting research area as advances in engineering (e.g., big data, machine learning, nanotechnology, super-resolution) continue to provide opportunities to diagnose diseases earlier, more accurately; and treat diseases more effectively and with fewer side effects.

Investigators in the Department of Bioengineering are meeting medical challenges and creating new devices that can transform future clinical practice. We are building intravenous -catheters, bionic-ear cochlea, non-invasive microsurgical devices, fetal movement monitors, and many more medical devices.

We work closely with physicians and scientists in the Faculty of Medicine to identify medical challenges, and we build solutions in collaboration with scientists and engineers from the Faculties of Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Business.

Dr Sam Au
Liquid biopsies, early detection and precision medicine using microfluidics

Professor Martyn Boutelle
Biomedical sensors

Professor Anthony Bull
The leadership of MedTechONE and multiple translational MedTech projects

Professor Etienne Burdet
Robotic devices for life science and neurology

Dr Hayriye Cagnan
Deep Brain Stimulation, Non-Invasive Brain and Peripheral Stimulation

Dr Adam Celiz
Dental implants for tissue repair and regeneration

Dr James Choi
Noninvaisve microsurgery using ultrasound and acoustic particles

Professor Manos Drakakis
Bio-circuits and systems

Professor Aldo Faisal
Wearables. Machine learning for medical devices

Professor Rylie Green
Bionic devices, polymer and stretchable electronics

Professor James Moore Jr
Treatment of diseases of the lymphatic and cardiovascular systems. Entrepreneurship.

Dr Nic Newell
Spinal implants: fusion cages, total disc replacements, nucleus replacements

Professor Molly Stevens
Biosensing platforms and medical devices for regenerative medicine

Dr Majid Taghavi
Artifical muscles, variable stiffness implants

Professor Mengxing Tang
Ultrasound based devices for imaging and sensing

Dr Guang Yang
Medical Data Analysis for MRI, CT, Optical and Digital Imaging

Dr Dandan Zhang
Biomedical & bio-inspired robotics, micromanipulation, human-robot interaction,multimodality sensing