Anti-Scar Effects of Micropatterned Hydrogel after Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation by Yiling Han, Qiangwang Geng, Aimeng Dong, Menglu Jiang, Jingyi Ma, Wulian Song, Pan Fan, Yuanyuan Li, Jiawen Gao, Fenghua Zhang, Jinsong Leng, Huiping Yuan

“…Although it is known that in implanted medical devices, microscale modification of the implant surface can modulate cell behavior and reduce the incidence of fibrosis, in the field of ophthalmic implants, especially the modification and effects of hydrogel micropatterns have rarely been reported. …”
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Colonization of a Central Venous Catheter by the Hyaline Fungus Fusarium solani Species Complex: A Case Report and SEM Imaging by Alberto Colombo, Giuseppe Maccari, Terenzio Congiu, Petra Basso, Andreina Baj, Antonio Toniolo

“…The incidence of opportunistic infections by filamentous fungi is increasing partly due to the widespread use of central venous catheters (CVC), indwelling medical devices, and antineoplastic/immunosuppressive drugs. …”
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Silver-Treated Sutures for the Prevention of Biofilm-Associated Surgical Site Infections by Federica Paladini, Angelica Panico, Annalia Masi, Francesca Russo, Alessandro Sannino, Mauro Pollini

“…The silver deposition technology adopted in this work provides an interesting strategy for preventing biofilm formation on medical devices such as surgical sutures.…”
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Peptide–Polymer Conjugates: A Promising Therapeutic Solution for Drug-Resistant Bacteria by Xuqiu Shen, Yiyin Zhang, Qijiang Mao, Zhengze Huang, Tingting Yan, Tianyu Lin, Wenchao Chen, Yifan Wang, Xiujun Cai, Yuelong Liang

“…At present, PPC is mainly used in wound dressing, bone tissue repair, antibacterial coating of medical devices, nerve repair, tumor treatment, and oral health maintenance. …”
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A Survey of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes—Part II: Control Methods by Daisuke Takahashi, Yang Xiao, Fei Hu

“…Along with several mathematical models, researchers develop autonomous systems whether they involve medical devices or not to compensate metabolic disorders and these autonomous systems employ their own control methods. …”
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Clinically oriented automatic three-dimensional enamel segmentation via deep learning by Wenting Yu, Xinwen Wang, Huifang Yang

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A ceramic microbridge microfluidic chip to study osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in bioactive ceramic immune microenvironment by Sheng Ye, Quanle Cao, Panxianzhi Ni, Shuting Xiong, Meng Zhong, Tun Yuan, Jing Shan, Jie Liang, Yujiang Fan, Xingdong Zhang

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Mathematical, electrochemical, spectroscopic and microscopic monitoring of the adsorption effect of expired drugs on zinc corrosion in 3.5% NaCl solution by Arafat Toghan, Omar K. Alduaij, Nada Alqarni, Emad M. Masoud, Hanan Alhussain, Ayman M. Mostafa, Ahmed A. Farag, Ahmed Fawzy

“…Because of its unique properties, zinc is widely used in many industries, including medical devices, electronics, and automotive components, but it is susceptible to corrosion, especially in salty environments. …”
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Optimization of the Coupling Coefficient of the Inductive Link for Wireless Power Transfer to Biomedical Implants by Jiarui Bao, Shuyan Hu, Zibin Xie, Guangxi Hu, Ye Lu, Lirong Zheng

“…This work focuses on the optimization of coupling coefficient (k) of the inductive link for the wireless power transfer (WPT) system to be used in implantable medical devices (IMDs) of centimeter size. The analytic expression of k is presented. …”
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Digital health applications and health literacy: an explorative analysis by Aylin Imeri, Sabrina Schorr, Sebastian Merkel

“…In 2020, Digital Health Applications (known as DiGA) have been introduced to the German healthcare system. DiGA are medical devices based on digital technologies that can be prescribed by physician and psychotherapists and reimbursed by health insurance companies. …”
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Biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator as a implantable power source for embedded medicine devices by Gang Jian, Shangtao Zhu, Xiao Yuan, Shengqiao Fu, Ning Yang, Chao Yan, Xu Wang, Ching-Ping Wong

“…Abstract Implantable medical devices have played an important role in human medicine in recent decades. …”
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Facile Method for Obtaining Gold-Coated Polyester Surfaces with Antimicrobial Properties by M. Drobota, M. Butnaru, N. Vornicu, O. Plopa, M. Aflori

“…The antimicrobial and antifungal activity of polymers used in medical devices has been extensively studied due to the growing impact of hospital-related infections in patients. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Efficient Data Retrieval in IoMT Based on Low-Cost Fog Computing by Na Wang, Yuanyuan Cai, Junsong Fu, Jie Xu

“…First, a fog computing system is located between a cloud server and medical workers, for processing data retrieval requests of medical workers and orders for controlling medical devices. Simultaneously, it preprocesses physiological data of patients uploaded by IoMT, collates them into various data sets, and transmits them to medical institutions in this way. …”
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Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Fungemia, a Rare Opportunistic Infection without Central Venous Catheter Implantation, Successfully Treated by Liposomal Amphotericin B by Ryuichi Hirano, Tatsuro Mitsuhashi, Katsuyoshi Osanai

“…Since most cases of R. mucilaginosa fungemia are attributed to medical devices, limited information is currently available on infection without central venous catheter (CVC) implantation. …”
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Enterococcus faecium Mediastinitis Complicated by Disseminated Candida parapsilosis Infection after Congenital Heart Surgery in a 4-Week-Old Baby by Hanna Renk, Felix Neunhoeffer, Florian Hölzl, Michael Hofbeck, Matthias Kumpf

“…Antifungal treatment of disseminated C. parapsilosis infection may fail in PICU patients with nonbiological material in place due to capacity of this species to form biofilms on medical devices. Immediate removal of central venous catheters and other nonbiological material is life-saving in these patients.…”
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Power Quality Assessment and Optimization in FUZZY-Driven Healthcare Devices by Dinesh Kumar Nishad, Saifullah Khalid, Rashmi Singh

“…The advent of FUZZY technology has revolutionized healthcare, empowering smarter medical devices and equipment. However, the successful operation of these FUZZY-driven systems is contingent on high power quality. …”
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Drug consumption and treatment costs of the glaucoma therapy in the Republic of Serbia by Ćoškov Aleksandra D., Savanović Dijana R., Todorović Nemanja B., Lalić-Popović Mladena N., Tomić Nataša Z., Milijašević Boris Ž.

“…Material and Methods: This study employs a retrospective analysis of data collected from the official websites of the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Serbia and the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut" for the period from 2015 to 2020. to examine the consumption and costs of antiglaucoma medicines in the Republic of Serbia. …”
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Control Method of Nanomaterial Numerical Control Electronic Processing Based on RBF Neural Network by Haiyan Wang, Fanwei Meng

“…The processing of these nanomaterials will have a direct impact on the development level of some core industries, such as aerospace, medical devices, and automobile manufacturing. In the early stage of the machining process, the BP neural network is generally used to control the CNC machining. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Prosthetic Knee Joint for Amputees in Hilly Terrain. by Mabirizi, Ali

“…This project examined the design and simulation of a prosthetic knee joint for above-knee amputees in hilly areas, Prosthetic knees are state-of-the-art medical devices that use mechanical mechanisms and components to simulate the normal biological knee function for individuals with transfemoral amputation. …”
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Contribution to diagnostics/prognostics of tuberculosis in children. II. Indicative value of metal ions and biochemical parameters in serum by Luterotti Svjetlana, Kordić Tončica Vukman, Letoja Ivka Zoričić, Dodig Slavica

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