A Spray Device for Damaged Heart

Mechanical engineer, Dr Suwan Jajasinghe at UCL, has developed a spray device that can deliver viable heart cells to a damaged heart.  To control the movement of the cells through the spray needle, 10 000 volts of electricity are applied.  According to the British Heart Foundation, the hope is that this device could find application in conditions that destroy heart tissue such as myocardial infarction (heart attack).  The next major milestone for this device would be clinical trials.

The First Draft of the Digital Patient Roadmap is out

The first draft of the digital patient roadmap has been published and a copy of it can be obtained from a number of sites:
www.digital-patient.net
www.vph-noe.eu
www.biomedtown.org

It lays out the vision of the digital patient, its benefit to clinical medicine, projects that are currently running towards that goal, the challenges, and the next steps.  This is a draft, the final roadmap will be published in March 2013.

Any member of the public wishing to get involved in the production of the final roadmap can do so on our dedicated forum at
www.biomedtown.org/biomed_town/discipulus/reception/forum

We also invite technology and clinical experts to write their views on our wikipages at
www.biomedtown.org/biomed_town/discipulus/reception/wiki

All these views will form part of an all-encompassing roadmap for the digital patient, for more information, visit
www.digital-patient.net

All are encouraged to get involved!