Blog Posts Tagged Bioengineering
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Evaluating an Insulin Micropump Design for Treating Diabetes
Researchers from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology used simulation to develop a MEMS-based micropump that could administer insulin injections in a safe and painless way.
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Improving Vascular Access for the Treatment of ESRD Patients
By combining CFD simulations with shape optimization techniques, biomedical engineers can better understand and predict vascular access for renal disease treatments.
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Study Radiofrequency Tissue Ablation Using Simulation
Killing cancerous cells, shrinking collagen, alleviating pain. These are just some of the medical purposes of radiofrequency tissue ablation, a procedure that relies on targeted heat.
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Using Simulation to Analyze Arterial Wall Mechanics
Studying arteries from a mechanical standpoint requires a reliable model that can fully describe the anisotropic nonlinear response of this biological soft tissue.
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Sensing the Bio in Biosensor Design with a Simulation App
The Biosensor Design demo app predicts the results from measurements of a biomolecule’s concentration (or activity) from an understanding of this molecule’s attachment to an enzyme.
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Simulating Analog-to-Digital Microdroplet Dispensers for LOCs
University of Bridgeport researchers designed a high-throughput microfluidic droplet dispenser as an analog-to-digital microfluidic converter for use in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) applications.
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Using Simulation to Optimize Biopharmaceutical Processes
Did you know that you can use COMSOL Multiphysics® to study biopharmaceutical processes? Examples include pharmaceutical mixers, injection devices, dielectrophoretic separation, and more >>
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Dielectrophoretic Separation
Dielectrophoresis is a phenomenon in which an electric field is used to control the movement of electrically neutral particles. Learn about how to model this effect in both DC and AC fields.