...Noah Pestana; David Walsh; Adam Hatch; Paul Hahn; Glenn J. Jaffe; Shashi K. Murthy; Mark Niedre Microfluidic fluorescence assay devices show great promise as preclinical and clinical diagnostic instruments. Normally, fluorescence signals from microfluidic chips are quantified by analysis...

... device capable of two actions: (1) adjustable cardiac support to modulate cardiac size and (2) synchronous active assist to modulate cardiac output. In addition, the device was designed to (1) remain in place about the heart without tethering, (2) allow free normal motion of the heart, and (3) provide...

... to control two important mechanical parameters, cardiac size and cardiac output, we have developed a minimally invasive direct cardiac contact device capable of providing two actions simultaneously: (1) adjustable cardiac support to modulate cardiac size and (2) synchronous active assist to modulate cardiac...

... of the proposed device. In addition, a case study was performed to demonstrate the performance of the PAPPS during pseudorandom sinusoidal perturbations that were applied to a healthy individual during sitting. The accuracy and repeatability tests suggest that the PAPPS can generate reliable and high-precision...

... intervertebral disc in vivo either required anesthesia, or the permanent mounting of a loading device to the animal, and were not well described in the literature. Therefore, a new device to apply compressive loading to the rat tail intervertebral disc was developed and validated. The rat tail compressive...