|
Sunday, May 02, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Session Number: 2610 |
| Developing Safe and Effective Devices and Instruments for Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care for the 21st Century |
| PAS Topic Symposium |
| Vancouver Convention Centre ~ 211 |
| |
| Target Audience: Scientists and clinicians involved in neonatal and perinatal care, and pediatric intensive care. |
| |
| Objectives:
- At the conclusion of this session, participants should be better able to:[br]- Appreciate the limitations of the existing devices and instruments in cardiopulmonary and cerebrovascular monitoring in the NICU[br]- Develop collaboration between biomedical and bioengineering scientific disciplines and[br]- Explore funding sources for research and development efforts for introducing new and innovative devices, or improving existing devices and instruments for use in the NICU |
| |
| Chairs: Tonse N.K. Raju, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD and David K. Stevenson, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
| |
| The neonatal intensive care unit depends heavily on biomedical devices for monitoring, diagnostic and treatment purposes. Yet, there is a paucity of research efforts directed towards developing new, or improving existing devices and instruments used in neonatal care. In part this is due to a lack of dialogue between biotechnology and biomedical research scientists. This session will explore the potential for facilitating such research and development efforts. Experts from biotechnology and biomedical disciplines will be invited to present talks on the current status and future possibilities for adapting microfluidics, nanotechnologies, near-infrared and visible light optical imaging, computational sciences, and information technology for developing neonatal devices and instruments. The presentations will focus on imaging and monitoring devices for: cardiopulmonary and cerebrovascular physiology; metabolic disorders; rapid identification of infectious agents; and prevention and treatment of sepsis. The session will explore the potential for collaborative investigative interactions between biomedical and biotechnology disciplines. |
| |
| 1:00 PM - |
Devices and Instruments for the NICU in 21st Century
Tonse N.K. Raju
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD |
| - |
David K. Stevenson
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA |
| 1:05 PM - |
Technological Innovations for Optimizing
Neonatal Pulmonary Care
Martin Keszler
Georgetown University, Washington, DC |
| 1:25 PM - |
Continuous Cardiac Output Monitoring
Thomas Heldt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| 1:45 PM - |
Microfluidic Models of the Body
Shuichi Takayama
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2:05 PM - |
Digital Microfluid Methods in Diagnosis of
Neonatal Biochemical Abnormalities
Vamsee K. Pamula
Advanced Liquid Logic Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC |
| 2:25 PM - |
Noninvasive Monitoring: Real Time Optical Spectroscopy, Molecular Sensing, and Disease Assessment
David Benaron
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA |
| 2:45 PM - |
Discussion
Discussion
|
|
