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Here is information on Dean Kamen's education, career, and his contributions to the medical world. Learn about his "revolutionary, pocket-sized infusion pump [that] allowed patients to reeceive regulated intravenous medication."
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Resource presents the use and risks of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology as used in medicine.
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This essay serves as a guide to prenatal testing for Down Syndrome and describes breakthroughs in ultrasound techniques which allow doctors to detect Down Syndrome without the need for an amniocentesis procedure.
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Global Surgical Training Challenge: How Multidisciplinary Approach Leads to Successful Innovation Projects

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To include a designer with no healthcare experience in a medical device project might not make so much sense at first. An artist may feel out of place among the engineers, business experts or medical specialists. But, in fact, it's a...
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Groundbreaking Inventions by Latino Innovators

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From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions. Latino inventors have created revolutionary devices that have transformed our everyday world - and often...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: What's It Like to Have Surgery

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Do you want to know more about what one might expect during surgery? If so, this Kids Health article will provide you with a good understanding of what you can anticipate before, during, and after surgery. Don't miss the link on this...
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Z Dnet: Smart Chips Get Under Our Skin

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As much as it may sound like something out of science fiction, developers have begun to experiment with "smart chips" skin implants to monitor the human body. This article is dated 2001.
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Discover what happens during an MRI scan and other interesting facts.
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Stanford University

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Learn about the cutting edge inventions being brought about by teens at Stanford University's bioengineering boot camp for high school students.

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