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Optimising stability and maneuverability in manual wheelchairs
Optimising stability and maneuverability in manual wheelchairs within a multidisciplinary team – the project goal is to develop a device and methodology to determine the seated position of a wheelchair user, through the calculation of the centre of gravity, to assess, monitor and potentially improve clinical practices and user outcomes at the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Specialist Wheelchair and Seating Clinic.
Speaker is Jesús Campo LivingLab (MedTechVic) Technical Manager, Swinburne University of Technology
Tuesday 21 September 2021 at 6.30PM (1830) AEST Register here
SMBEVic Inc. Annual General Meeting
The Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Inc. is holding the Annual General Meeting of the Society on Tuesday 19 October 2021. The meeting will be held on-line on the Zoom platform. The Committee invites all Members and interested persons to join us on-line. Please register in the email which will be sent on 27 September 2021. The AGM Agenda can be read here. For any information please send a request by email to the Secretary at smbevic.info@gmail.com
Wilson Greatbatch- Pacemaker Pioneer
Engineering News published by Engineers Australia has a story about Wilson Greatbatch in the current edition (see here).There are many stories about Wilson. There is a fascinating Oral History on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) website here. Wilson came to Melbourne in 1971 for the 9th IFMBE Conference organised by the President of the IFMBE, Dr David Dewhurst. Wilson presented the design for the Greatbatch battery, a lithium based design encased in titanium. Read this amazing history on the ETHW website. Wilson was the guest of Dr Graeme Sloman, the pioneer in pacemakers in Australia and visited The Royal Melbourne Hospital to meet the cardiology and biomedical engineering staff.
Barriers to the clinical implementation of medical devices
Is there commercialisation of Australian research ideas? Ritesh Warty examines the barriers to implementation.
Join us on Tue, 22 June 2021 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEST
Please Register with eventbrite
More about Innovation in the healthcare industry in this webinar by IEEE EMBS on 14 July 2021 at 6.00pm
MedTech in Australia – The Startup Journey
Dr Michelle Perugini, Dr Elliot Smith, Dr Dean Freestone
Technical Webinar https://www.eventbrite.com/e/medtech-in-australia-the-startup-journey-tickets-158706843441
David J Dewhurst Biography
The patron saint of biomedical engineering in Australia and the Foundation Member of the SMBEVic, is fondly remembered in this biography written by Richard Kirsner in association with John McKenzie.
Read the Biography here.
Some things were missed and will be remembered by members of the Shielded Room-Friday nights after work, winter skiing and super-ball competitions in Med 1.