Biomedical Engineering Laboratories


Bioinstrumentation Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities
  • Computer controlled 3D translating system

  • Three sets of Panametrics ultrasound pulser/receivers

  • 500 MHz, 2 GHz A/D cards

  • 20 MHz ultrasound imaging system for in vivo applications

  • SonoSite portable ultrasound imaging system

  • Mindray ultasound scanner

  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system

Bioinstrumentation Laboratory photo

Biomaterial & Biomechanical Testing Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities
  • LABCONCO FreeZone 6 Liter Freeze Dry Systems and FreeZone Stoppering Tray Dryer - mobile console lyophilizers

  • STRUERS RotoPol-21 for wet grinding and polishing discs of 200-250mm diameter with speed 150/300rpm

  • FRITSCH Planetary Mill pulverisette 5 for rapid batchwise ultra fine grinding down to colloidal fineness of hard to soft materials dry or in suspension, mixing and perfect homogenising of emulsions and pastes

  • FRITSCHH Vibratory Sieve Shaker "analysette 3" (Model SPARTAN) for quantitative particle size analysis of dry samples and suspensions of all kind by dry and wet sieving with moven test sieves, convertible to micro mill

  • RANDCASTLE Microtruder (RCP-0375) - a small extruder line with 5 zones of temperature control, die adaptor, pressure readout, automatic over amperage shutdown

  • MTS Mini Bionix System, a biaxial mechanical testing system for combined torsional and axial dynamic loading

  • Optical dimensional analysis system for non-contact strain measurement

  • Electronically controlled oven with a temperature range from 20 to 300°C

  • Mercury intrusion porosimeter for porosimetric analysis and porosity measurement in the ultramacro and macropores regions

  • Nikon FN-2 Electrophysiological Measurement Microscopy

 

Biomaterial & Biomechanical Testing Laboratory photo

Electrophysiology Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities
  • The Nicolet Viking IV Electrophysiological System

  • The Nicolet portable digital EEG System

  • Magstim 200 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System

  • Spacelabs Vital Signs Monitor system

  • DNI Nevada DS6100 patient simulator for ECG simulation

Electrophysiology testing photo

Ergonomics Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities

  • A Kistler Force Platform
  • Four High-Speed 120Hz Vicon Cameras
  • An Eight-Channel Noraxon Telemyo Telemetric EMG System
  • Nine JCREC Four-Channel EMG Systems

Ergonomics Laboratory photo


Human Locomotion Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities

Vicon 370 3-Dimensional Motion Analysis System with 6 Cameras

AMTI force plates to measure the ground reaction force of both limbs simultaneously for gait analysis

BTS-TELEMG multichannel electro-myographic system to monitor phasic muscular activities

Flock of Birds fast 6D multi-point electro-magnetic tracking system

Human locomotion Laboratory photo


Prosthetics and Orthotics CAD/CAM Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities

  • A CAPOD laser shape sensor & digitizer

  • A BioSculptor computer aided design & manufacturing system

  • A Seattle Thermoformer for fast vacuum forming of prosthetic sockets

  • Two sets of Biosculptor Virtual Casting with hand-held shape digitizer

Prosthetics and Orthotics CAD/CAM Laboratory Photo

Seating and Body Support Interface Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities

An assessment chair allowing seating parameters such as seat depth, backrest angle, armrest & footrest positions, tilt-in-space to be adjusted during client evaluation

  • An adjustable seating simulator for capturing the shapes of the body surfaces supported by the backrest and the seat

  • A CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) milling machine for carving special seat and backrest surfaces

  • A instrumented smart wheel for wheelchair propulsion studies

  • A specialized force platform to monitor dynamically the centre of gravity of a seated subject

  • Wheelchair testing equipment according to ISO requirements

  • Blood flow measurement systems

- TCPO2 and TCO2

- Laser Doppler Diffusion imager

- Laser Doppler flowmetry

  • Interface pressure measurement system

- Force Sensing Array (FSA)

- Dynamic Pressure Monitor

Seating Laboratory photo

Health Technology Lab

Laboratory Facilities

16 PC stations with following hardware and software installed:

  • Tektronix oscilloscope

  • Tektronix signal generator

  • Topward DC power supplier

  • NI 100kHz data acquisition card

  • Labview for data acquisition, signal analysis and control

  • Matlab for signal and image processing

Electrical Safety testing photo

Foot and Footwear Research laboratory

Laboratory Facilities
  • An INFOOT 3D foot scanner

  • An E-ped foot laser scanner;

  • Tekscan pressure measurement systems, including foot insole system, and Pedobarograph system

 

Biomechanics Laboratory

Laboratory Facilities
  • Hounsfield mechanical testing system for uniaxial tension/compression, indentation, and bending tests

  • Instron Series 5560 Load Frames, electromechanical materials testing system for uniaxial tension/compression and bending tests

  • NDI Optotrack 3020 system