The current pre-commercial DTC project portfolio consists of :
Diagnostics
- Wound hydration monitor
- Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding protein-5 as a Biomarker for Detection of Early Liver Disease
- Rapid transdermal transport for drug delivery or diagnostics
- An intelligent stent
- Ultrasound guidance for interventional clinical techniques
- Microscale ultrasonic arrays for high resolution imaging
- Development of point of care genotyping device for personalised medicine applications
- Development of integrated optical & ultrasound detection system for erosion & caries diagnosis in dental tissue
- Detection of obstructive sleep apnea episodes using advanced DSP techniques and their termination using novel stimulation methods
- New molecular constructs for the magnetic resonance imaging of tumours
- Point of Care Diagnostics: markers for cardiac disease
- A wound monitor for infection
- Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Oxygen Transfer in Novel Medical Devices
Drug Delivery
- A novel drug-eluting stent for treatment of myocardial ischaemia
- The effect of pulsed electric field on the cellular macromolecules to be used in a drug delivery system
- Development of Drug/Vaccine Formulations Targeting the Lung
- Transdermal extraction and delivery device for skin repair
- Development of a Smart Bandage
Cell/Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
- The application of a pulsed electric field to eliminate bacteria from biomatrices to be used as scaffolds for maintaining mammalian cells
- Investigation of plasticisers migration & extraction in medical grade PVC
- Engineering imprinted polymers for a blood purification device
- Dynamic in-vitro model of the artery wall: monitoring cell-biomaterial interactions in real time
- Manipulating the mechanical strength and biological stability of collagen based scaffolds for tissue engineering
- Disinfection of medical devices and wounds by a light-based technology
- Physical and mathematical modelling of the synovial joint and cartilage repair products
Cardiovascular Devices
- Development of integrated miniaturized ECMO technology for use in paediatric cardiopulmonary support
- Development of integrated portable adsorbent technology for emergency/military applications
Neuroprosthetics/Brain Computer Interface
- Real time dipole reconstruction for use in Brain Computer Interface Control
- Electrocardiagram simulation by optimised parametric modelling
- Virtual robotic arm simulation for Brain Computer Interface evaluation and user training
- Combating cortical hypofrontality by stimulating the limbic system: Implications for treatment of schizophrenia
- Imaging cortical plasticity in spinal cord injury and its relation to rehabilitation and brain computer interface development
- A virtual reality wheelchair simulator for use in Brain Computer Interface development and testing
Rehabilitation
- Development of a device for the characterisation of the biomechanical properties of amputees residual limbs
- How are the load transfer characteristics of the wrist joint disrupted by arthroplasty?
- Design and development of a modular trans-tibial prosthetic system for non-industrialised countries
- Identification and assessment of novel applications of miniature long-term monitoring devices in a rehabilitation context
- Development of a biomechanical model of a trans-tibial amputees residual limb/prosthetic socket system
- Development of modular, user adjustable, seating system for people with severe restrictions of movement
- Investigation of the load transfer characteristics of ankle foot orthosis
- Development of a self aligning ankle unit for lower limb prostheses
- Development of a 3D force distribution measurement device