Biomedical Engineering
Laboratories
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Bioinstrumentation Laboratory |
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Computer controlled 3D translating system
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Three sets of Panametrics ultrasound pulser/receivers
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500 MHz, 2 GHz A/D cards
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20 MHz ultrasound imaging system for in vivo applications
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SonoSite portable ultrasound imaging system
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Mindray ultasound scanner
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system
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Biomaterial & Biomechanical Testing Laboratory |
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LABCONCO FreeZone 6 Liter Freeze Dry Systems and FreeZone Stoppering
Tray Dryer - mobile console lyophilizers
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STRUERS RotoPol-21 for wet grinding and polishing discs of 200-250mm
diameter with speed 150/300rpm
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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
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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
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RANDCASTLE Microtruder (RCP-0375) - a small extruder line with 5 zones
of temperature control, die adaptor, pressure readout, automatic over
amperage shutdown
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MTS Mini Bionix System, a biaxial mechanical testing system for
combined torsional and axial dynamic loading
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Optical dimensional analysis system for non-contact strain measurement
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Electronically controlled oven with a temperature range from 20 to
300°C
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Mercury intrusion porosimeter for porosimetric analysis and porosity
measurement in the ultramacro and macropores regions
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Nikon FN-2 Electrophysiological Measurement Microscopy
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Electrophysiology Laboratory |
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The Nicolet Viking IV Electrophysiological System
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The Nicolet portable digital EEG System
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Magstim 200 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System
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Spacelabs Vital Signs Monitor system
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DNI Nevada DS6100 patient simulator for ECG simulation
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Ergonomics Laboratory |
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- A Kistler Force Platform
- Four High-Speed 120Hz Vicon Cameras
- An Eight-Channel Noraxon Telemyo Telemetric EMG System
- Nine JCREC Four-Channel EMG Systems
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Human
Locomotion Laboratory |
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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
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Prosthetics and Orthotics CAD/CAM Laboratory |
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A CAPOD laser shape sensor & digitizer
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A BioSculptor computer aided design & manufacturing system
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A Seattle Thermoformer for fast vacuum forming of prosthetic sockets
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Two sets of Biosculptor Virtual Casting with hand-held shape digitizer
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Seating and Body
Support Interface Laboratory |
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An assessment chair allowing seating parameters such as seat depth,
backrest angle, armrest & footrest positions, tilt-in-space to be
adjusted during client evaluation
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An adjustable seating simulator for capturing the shapes of the body
surfaces supported by the backrest and the seat
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A CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) milling machine for carving
special seat and backrest surfaces
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A instrumented smart wheel for wheelchair propulsion studies
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A specialized force platform to monitor dynamically the centre of
gravity of a seated subject
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Wheelchair testing equipment according to ISO requirements
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Blood flow measurement systems
- TCPO2 and TCO2
- Laser Doppler Diffusion imager
- Laser Doppler flowmetry
- Force Sensing Array (FSA)
- Dynamic Pressure Monitor
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Health Technology Lab |
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16 PC stations with following hardware and software installed:
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Tektronix oscilloscope
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Tektronix signal generator
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Topward DC power supplier
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NI 100kHz data acquisition card
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Labview for data acquisition, signal analysis and control
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Matlab for signal and image processing
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