DEVELOPMENTS IN PHYSICAL BIOMEDICINE

This page provides links to some new technologies that are developing in response to advances in the study of physiology, pathology, biophysics, etc.  You will be completing assignments on similar technologies; these resources should give you some idea of where to be looking for articles on similar topics.  Your best bet is to use "client-side search engines!"  If you are not using client side search engines yet, CLICK HERE!

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Artificial Hearts

http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/biomed/bme490.981/artificial_heart.htm
http://heartdisease.about.com/msubartht.htm
http://home.att.net/~emogen
http://info.pitt.edu/~gwb1/
http://www.abiomed.com/
http://www.ctsnet.org/doc/100
http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/bae/research/blanchard/www/465/textbook/otherprojects/heartassist_97/mcculloch/TAH.html
http://www.grippingheart.com/about.htm
http://www.heartinfo.com/hrtnews.htm
http://www.heart-transplant.org/research/artificial.htm
http://www.jonsplace.org/CHFimplant.htm
http://www.med.usf.edu/PUBAFF/news94/11-10.html#heart
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart
http://www.perfline.com/links/totalart
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/c9e6.htm
http://www.radiology.arizona.edu/~fastspec/vad.htm
http://www.sts.org/education/faqs/faqvassist.html
http://www.techserver.com/newsroom/ntn/health/111197/health27_23134_noframes.html
http://www.techreview.com/articles/may99/regalado.htm
http://www.thecitizen.com/business/991004/2946761.html
http://www.thermo.com/subsid/tca.html
http://www.thirteen.org/innovation/news/html/artheart.html 
http://www.thoratec.com/product/fr_vad.htm
http://www.tmc.edu/thi/tah.html (slow load)
http://www.upmc.edu/ArtificialHeart/clinresults.htm
http://www.uts.edu.au/new/archives/1999/February/02.html
http://www.worldheart.com/section6/wh-doc3.html

Artificial Blood/Blood Replacers

http://www.allp.com/Oxygent/OX_SUMM.HTM
http://www.allp.com/Oxygent/OX.HTM
HTTP://WWW.ARTCELL.MCGILL.CA/BLOODSUB.HTM#1
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/1996/07/08/story3.html
http://www.discoveryhealth.com/DH/ihtIH/WSDSC000/20707/21331.html
http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?id=2341&StoryType=ReutersNews
http://www.physio.mcgill.ca/artcell/
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/medicine/medicine20.html
http://www.upmc.edu/mcgowan/ArtBlood/ArtificialBlood.htm
http://www.upmc.edu/mcgowan/ArtBlood/default.htm
http://www.wtaetv.com/sh/health/stories/health-20000518-142624.html

Breathable Liquids/Liquid Ventilation
yes, breathable liquids; listed by US Patent Office as class 128 (surgery), subclass 913 (breathable liquids)

http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/FA.sf-lovers/81.06.23_ucbvax.1897_fa.sf-lovers.html
http://ir.chem.cmu.edu/irProject/conceptTests/breathing/
http://lifestyle.ninemsn.com.au/goodmedicine/factsheets/db/children/procedures/254.asp
http://medicalpractice.medscape.com/jobson/MedTrib/obgyn/1996/v03.n17/LiquidBreathing-Prematures.html
http://news.medscape.com/jobson/MedTribNews/1996/sep/12/LiquidBreathingForInfants.html
http://oncology.medscape.com/jobson/MedTrib/obgyn/1996/v03.n17/LiquidBreathing-Prematures.html
http://services.medscape.com/jobson/MedTrib/interncard/1996/v37.n20/LiquidBreathingPrematures.html
http://water-cooler.com/WC/patentviewer/patent-4232665.html
http://web1.po.com/html/medtrib/archive/FP/RESEARCH2.FP.shtml
http://web3.po.com/html/medtrib/archive/FP/RESEARCH2.FP.shtml
http://www.allbiehn.com/abyss/fluidbreathing.html
http://www.allp.com/LiquiVent/lv_tech.htm
http://www.allp.com/LiquiVent/LV_SUMM.HTM
http://www.buffalo.edu/scripts/newnews/firsthuman.html
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/theo-3/data/20_newsgroup/sci.space/61366
http://www.fluoros.co.uk/
http://www.fluoros.co.uk/f2chemicals/flutec/medical/liq-brth.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6045/newsletter2.html (scroll down to DYK - "did you know")
http://www.jewishheartlung.org/news/pr/092199a.html
http://www.jhhs.org/news92199a.html
http://www.med.umich.edu/liquid/whatislv.html
http://www.medscape.com/jobson/MedTrib/obgyn/1996/v03.n17/LiquidBreathing-Prematures.html (you will have to join MedScape to read this article - it is free to join)
http://www.netlab.org:8000/project(377)
http://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/childrenshosp/CF/cfpages/acneb.html (compressors vs nebulizers)
http://www.rtso.org/student/papers/liq_vent.htm (1997 college term paper)
http://www.scienceweb.org/movies/abyss.html
http://www.scienceweb.org/movies/wolf.htm
http://www.ufo.simplenet.com/guide/ordeal.html (just for fun!)
http://www.ukdiving.co.uk/ukdiving/techforum/messages/343.html
http://www.umdnj.edu/rspthweb/bibs/lquidven.htm (a list of offline references)

Artificial Lungs

 

Advances in Dialysis/Home Dialysis

 

New Assisted Reproductive Technologies

 

 

SOME QUICK RESOURCES

"In chat sessions, people talk about drugs I have never heard of; where can I get information on these drugs?"  Try the drug info page!

Try GSM for the latest in clinical pharmacology, 3-D anatomy and the Integrated Medical Curriculum website!

If you find any general health/medicine related websites (not individual articles) that you think would make good resources... submit the URL for those sites and we will add them to this resources page!

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