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Case studies

Chris Hollis analysing brain pattern

Our clinical-academic collaborative partnership is the foundation of our success. From mature technologies already on the market and improving patient care, to a vibrant spinout company portfolio to our emerging technologies, we have an excellent track record of supporting the pathway to clinical adoption. 

A small selection of our technologies are presented here and others can be found in the capabilities pages or use the search function to find out what we're doing in different clinical areas.

Commercial highlights

Playing ukelele with MEG scanner

Cerca Magnetics - wearable brain imaging 

Our Magnetoencephalography (MEG) scanner is revolutionising brain imaging with new wearable sensors and is being brought to market by Cerca Magnetics Ltd

Facial recognition - courtesy of BlueSkyeAI

 BlueSkye AI - supporting mental health

Our facial and voice recognition technology can assist with the diagnosis and monitoring of mental health conditions, being commercialised by BlueSkye AI Ltd

 

Emerging technologies

Endotracheal tube with light on_ close view

iTraXS Novel endotracheal tube

Our endotracheal tube aims to minimize tracheal injury during intubation and reduce the incidence of ventilator-assisted pneumonia.

3D-printed Polypill prototype   

3D-printed pharmaceuticals

We are developing 3D-printed personalised medicines capable of delivering multiple medications at the correct dose and time.

 

Technologies in clinical use

Prescription and pharmacist - image by gpointstudio on Freepik

Reducing prescription errors with PINCER

General practitioners are better equipped to reduce the human and societal cost of prescription errors following a national roll-out of the PINCER tool

Surepulse neonatal heartrate monitor

SurePulse - neonatal heartrate monitoring

The SurePulse optical sensor will enhance resuscitation of babies in neonatal intensive care, and supporting clinical staff to make confident time critical decisions

 

Eye - from www.pixabay.com

NuVision - Sight saving wound dressings   

Trauma patients rushed to A&E with serious eye injuries can now benefit from NuVision's ground-breaking sight-saving wound dressing    

Monica - mother being monitored

Monica Healthcare - fetal monitoring

Spin-out company, Monica Healthcare, developed a technology for monitoring expectant mothers, which has been used by over 100,000 patients worldwide. Monica was bought by GE Healthcare in 2017.

 

Codman catheter Roger Bayston

Codman antimicrobial brain shunts 

Bactiseal(R) antimicrobial catheters, commercialised by Codman have dramatically cut infection rates for over a million hydrocephalus patients worldwide. 

Laser Doppler Imaging - courtesy of Moor Instruments

Moor Instruments burns assessment

High-speed imaging is transforming the outcomes of thousands of children each year who are rushed to hospital with burns injuries

 

 

A to Z of Case Studies

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BioBones - biodegradable bone composite

Description
In the BioBones project, a novel bone graft material; a composite material with similar mechanical properties to bone, but includes a fully resorbable biodegradable glass fibre to allow new bone to grow was developed by a team of materials scientists, biomedical scientists and a consultant maxillofacial surgeon at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.
Bone regeneration for osteoporosis

Bone regeneration for osteoporosis

Description
Our research is developing targeted therapy, consisting of porous microspheres, which could offer a quick, easy and minimally-invasive treatment that is injected into areas considered to be at high-risk of fracture to promote bone regeneration.
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