CBID Alums Help to Raise 1 Million with Sonavex
September 25, 2015
Sonavex Inc raises 1 Million to Advance Its Ultrasound Based Clot Detection Device. Read more here
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Ebola protective suit honored in global design competition
September 15, 2015
The Johns Hopkins University’s new personal protective suit for frontline health care workers in Ebola outbreaks was honored Monday as one of 10 finalists in the Social Good category of Fast Company’s 2015 Innovation by Design Awards. The suit, intended for use in future Ebola outbreaks like the 2014 epidemic that killed thousands in West […]
NPR: One man’s quest to combat counterfeit drugs
August 20, 2015
Yoseph Yazdi, director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID), comments on the need to test for fake drugs in developing nations in a story on NPR.
Smithsonian.com: Could this head gear help treat Parkinson’s disease?
July 20, 2015
Smithsonian Magazine online reported on a prototype headband device that biomedical engineering students designed to treat Parkinson’s disease at home.
Baltimore Sun: Device developed at Hopkins could help Parkinson’s disease symptoms
July 17, 2015
The Baltimore Sun reported that a group of Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering students have developed what they hope will become a third option: a non-invasive device Parkinson’s patients could use at home to treat their symptoms.
New student-designed kit may help train global health providers to insert and remove contraceptive implants
June 12, 2015
In developing regions where the economy is weak and medical services are limited, global health experts say as many as 200 million women want access to long-term, reversible contraceptives to avoid unintended pregnancies and to help space out the births of their children. One of the most convenient and effective options—a tiny implant that can […]
Student Device May Ease Parkinson’s Symptoms
June 10, 2015
Parkinson’s disease patients whose symptoms such as tremor, muscle stiffness and slowed movement make it tough to hold an eating utensil steady have few options for relief outside of a hospital or clinic. Medication can help, but over time it tends to become less effective. To give these patients another in-home option, Johns Hopkins graduate […]
Cooler gear for the hot zone
May 19, 2015
BME team works to design new protective suit for Ebola caregivers Youseph Yazdi and his CBID and Jhpiego colleagues are overcoming final engineering challenges, financial matters and scale-up issues for their improved Ebola protective suit — moving them closer to their production goal. The team has a working design and is engaging a major protective suit […]
SpiroSense makes impact at Design Day 2015
May 15, 2015
A low-cost, deskilled spirometer, invented by BME undergraduates, offers hope to patients struggling with respiratory illnesses in low-resource areas. SpiroSense was one of nearly two dozen medical innovations created by students for this year’s Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering Design Day, held May 5 at the East Baltimore campus. More than 140 undergraduate and graduate students […]
PBS NewsHour: A hackathon to fashion an Ebola suit with sewing machines and chocolate syrup
April 8, 2015
In a video segment, PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill revisits the recent West African ebola outbreak, the challenges encountered by the medical professionals in their patient interactions, and the response by USAID — the Grand Challenge, an international contest to find better ways to protect health care workers. Mary Jo Brooks reports on the Johns […]
