Objet Prototypes Cut Time To Medical Trials

摘要

Products developed for medical clinical trials require that prototypes look and feel like the real thing. That's no easy task when the device originates with a complex design.rnIvivi Technologies of Montvale, NJ, designs noninvasive, nonpharmacologic electrotherapeutic devices to treat many conditions such as osteoarthritis and injured tissue by way of electromagnetics. Ivivi is a small company of 25 employees, five of whom are engineers. With a multi-disciplinary background in electronics, mechanical, software, design, materials, production, and regulatory engineering, the engineering team enables Ivivi to create a medical device from initial concept to commercialization, all in-house.rnThe Ivivi SofPulse is a patented device that uses pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) technology to generate a micro-current in injured tissues, jump-starting the natural electrochemical processes in the body. Electrotherapy is a new area of medical study that is being undertaken by some of the most esteemed scientists in the emerging field of electrotherapeutics.