2012
Medical
A colostomy is a surgical procedure in which a stoma is formed by drawing the healthy end of the large intestine or colon through an incision in the anterior abdominal wall and suturing it into place. This opening, in conjunction with the attached stoma appliance,
Stress is a popular topic these days. There is rarely a week that passes without hearing or reading about stress and its deleterious effect on health. The word stress is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "state of affair involving demand on physical or mental energy.
Every year in the United States, over 2 Million people get an infection after they are admitted to a hospital. Of these infections, 100,000 of them are fatal. This is more deaths than AIDS, breast cancer and car accidents combined.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC),
Synthetic bone graft materials are required to reduce the dependence upon harvested patient bone or donated cadaveric bone. All current bone graft materials fail to adequately meet the needs of orthopedic surgeons or patients. Existing products have difficulty in matching the structure of patient bone;
Product idea: Prototype synthetic bone scaffolds manufactured by selective laser sintering (SLS) using NOVEL BORATE-BASED BIOACTIVE GLASS (BBG) mimicking the structure and mechanical properties of normal healthy trabecular bone tissue and which can be used for trauma repair.
Need: Assist the blind and improve their lives by facilitation of their mobility both indoors and on the streets and sidewalks. Improve the safety, confidence, and overall well being of the totally blind,
THE NEED FOR AN INVENTION
According to several recent studies, foot temperature measurement can be an important tool for diabetics. Foot inflammation can be readily monitored via temperature. As simple and effective as this solution sounds, in practice it has failed to see wide spread acceptance.
Have you ever been to the hospital to see a friend or family member and found them with tracheotomy, ventilator or unable to speak because of a heart attack?
To communicate becomes a problem, as the patients understands you, but you may not understand them.
INTRODUCTION: TruFlavorWare is a revolutionary, new tabletop flatware that “Simply makes Food taste Better!” It is totally non-metallic, highly organic, Eco-friendly and made of a proprietary composite material that has the substantial weight, feel, strength and durability of quality stainless steel flatware.
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