Medical MEMS and Sensors 2015

Conference Topics

• Worldwide healthcare trends: market drivers, demographic factors, government policy effects.
• Business aspects: fundraising, reimbursement,
  technology transfer, regulatory compliance, company formation,
  recruiting, and market research.
• Digital health: wireless devices, body area networks, online services, genomics, and personal genetic information.
• Sensors: pressure, thermal, radiation, flow and magnetic sensors used in medical devices as well as implanted systems.
• Diagnostics: portable assaying and sample
  preparation of blood, urine, cells, tissues, bodily fluids. For example,
  microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices to diagnose diseases in portable
  instruments and smaller sized bench top systems.
• Health screening: preventive medicine such as
  early detection of cancer through consumer, over-the-counter devices
  that are to be used on a day-to-day basis.
• Individualized treatment: integration of
  diagnostics with therapy and treatment on portable, smart lab-on-a-chip
  devices; for example, treatment is to be specifically based on the exact
  disease variation as well as the patient genotype and current health
  factors.
• Drug delivery systems: both transdermal and
  implanted techniques; for example, micro needles that provide
  convenience and precisely measured amounts of dispensed drugs. Smart,
  MEMS based drug delivery systems also enable continual drug delivery
  monitoring and improve patient compliance.
• Tissue engineering: experimental (R&D) and
  clinical techniques to biologically fabricate artificial tissues and
  organs such as teeth and liver.
• Organ prosthesis: artificial cochlea and cornea structures made from silicon and other standard MEMS materials.
• R&D tools: biological arrays and assays to
  understand the response of cell in vitro to a variety of chemical,
  thermal and mechanical stimuli.
• Surgery and minimally invasive procedures: micro surgical tools as well as neural stimulation and measurement electrodes.