Il est estimé qu’entre 4 et 5 millions de personnes souffrent de fibrillation auriculaire (battements irréguliers) aux EU et environ 350000 au Canada. Un traitement est l’élimination avec un cathéter des cellules responsables des battements irréguliers. Le cathéter transmet de l’énergie (radio-fréquence, cryogénique, ultrasonore) pour isoler les cellules erratiques. Cependant, la procédure a un taux […]

Balloons have potential benefits over stents for localised drug delivery. The activities in this proposal will aid the development of a dual balloon catheter system. By the end of the internship, the balloon catheter design will be completed and frozen in anticipation of pre-clinical studies. The gold standard for diagnosis of interstitial lung disease is […]

A novel medical device is designed and built by the partner organization. The medical device must go under certain safety tests during the manufacturing process, which are currently performed manually. However, manual tests are too time consuming due to the special structure of the device. On the other hand, the device is now being approved […]