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Engineering in Medicine and Health Division.
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Date: 25 March 2010
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
There have been enormous advances in the application of materials and devices to spinal surgery over the past 20 years, and exciting innovations continue. However, further collaboration and also improved methods of introduction of these devices, remain fundamental to the developments in this field.
This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together engineers, surgeons and scientists to provide an important forum for the exchange of ideas and will address common spinal conditions, linking the basic science to the surgical application.
Date: 05 October 2010
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Nanotechnology is currently one of the most funded research areas in developed countries. It will have significant impact on the medical and biotechnology industries and healthcare technologies in the 21st century. Nanotechnology has wide-ranging applications, such as drug synthesis and delivery, cell surgery and therapy, early disease diagnosis and prevention, biosensors and medical implants. The organising of this event will help to promote IMechE as a leading organisation in the area of emerging technologies.
This event will address the following questions:
1. What is the recent development on Nanotechnology?
2. What are the current medical needs and healthcare needs?
3. What are the existing and future applications of Nanotechnology in Medicine and Healthcare?
4. What are the future needs in medicine and healthcare and what can Nanotechnolgy offer?
Date: 03 November 2010
Event Type: 1 day Seminar
Location: London
Surgical robots find increasing uses as surgeons demand more accuracy but with smaller incisions. First generation robots were large machines based on industrial arms. Numbers of these are still in daily clinical use. Today’s second generation robots are hand-sized. They are bespoke designs for specific tasks. They allow new procedures that are not practicable by hand and eye.
New sensors, real time imaging and miniature mechanisms offer even more uses for surgical robots. Tiny tools under image-guidance can place cochlear implants to treat profound deafness. Snake manipulators can navigate to disease sites within the abdomen without leaving scars. Micro-scale technology is being used to design swimming and crawling robots. These can move freely within body cavities. Examples of all these devices are undergoing laboratory trials.
Date: 01 November 2011 - 03 November 2011
Event Type: 3 day Conference
Location: London
There is a move in hip replacement towards smaller less invasive devices and procedures. However, the short and long term impact on performance has yet to be clearly established. The conference will explore the pro’s and con’s of small devices and minimally invasive surgery.
Specifically the conference will cover:
· Hip resurfacing
· Short stems
· Minimally invasive surgery
· Wear
· Fixation
· Pre-clinical testing
· Musculo-skeletal modelling
· Clinical trials
· In vivo measurement of performance
The bringing together of surgeons and engineers to discuss the topics related to small devices and minimally invasive techniques will provide the necessary scientific platform for future developments in this area.
Date: 07 December 2011 - 08 December 2011
Event Type: 2 day Seminar
Location: London
to register your interest email health@imeche.org