| In our aging society, new medical treatments and health care technologies are crucial. The technologies of the future must provide a variety of mechanical systems capable of delivering advanced medical treatments for the maintenance of good health and for tailoring medical services to meet individual needs. Our biomedical innovation project, therefore, is conducting research on advanced medical support technologies by integrating nano and micro mechatronics with biotechnology. More concretely, we are now performing research on: (1) development of a remote medical diagnosis system and high precision minimally invasive surgical robot system using advanced data communications, control and robotics technologies, (2) development of contrast media for identifying malignant tumors by applying microelements such as molecular markers and nano-bubbles, which move with the flow and allow visualization of critical phenomena in the macro flow, (3) new, noninvasive tumor therapy systems using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), (4) a lithotripsy system using the collapse phenomenon of cavitating bubbles, (5) a low-invasive laser coagulation treatment using controlled heat transfer, (6) construction of bio-nano system using a DNA handling technology based on micro machining and measurement, and nano-micro mechatromics. Several of these research areas are introduced in more detail in the newsletter. |
