MIT engineers design a soft, implantable ventilator
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MIT engineers developed a soft, robotic, and implantable ventilator that is designed to augment the diaphragm’s natural contractions. The proof-of-concept design aims to one day boost the diaphragm’s life-sustaining function and improve lung capacity for people with diaphragm dysfunction.
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An Implantable Extracardiac Soft Robotic Device for the Failing
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MIT Engineers Design Implantable Ventilator
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An implantable soft robotic ventilator augments inspiration in a
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Towards Alternative Approaches for Coupling of a Soft Robotic
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How Steute Meditech designs its customizable foot switches
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For Open-Source Ventilators, Making Them Is the Easy Part
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MIT-based team works on rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost
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DHL is scaling up its robotic workforce. Last month it announced an
Mia DeVizio on LinkedIn: MIT Engineers Design a Soft, Implantable
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Soft robotic ventricular assist device with septal bracing for
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Mechanical Design Individualized System for Augmenting
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An Implantable Extracardiac Soft Robotic Device for the Failing