Medical equipment-based procedures in cosmetic technologies

Office – Based Facial Cosmetic Procedures

State medical board regulation of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.

BACKGROUND There is little information regarding commonalities, differences, and trends in the regulation of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures (MICP) across different state medical boards in the United States. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess current state medical board regulations regarding MICP, so as to better understand current and emerging trends in rules regarding delegation, and mana...

Cosmetic procedures among youths: a survey of junior college and medical students in Singapore.

INTRODUCTION Although cosmetic procedures have become increasingly popular among the younger population in recent years, limited research on this subject has been done in the Asian context. We aimed to explore the views and knowledge regarding cosmetic procedures among junior college (JC) and medical students in Singapore. METHODS In the first phase of the study, a cross-sectional, self-admin...

Safety of cosmetic dermatologic procedures during pregnancy.

BACKGROUND Safety of cosmetic procedures in pregnant women has not been extensively studied. Maternal and fetal health risks are important to consider in any procedure performed. With the increasing popularity of cosmetic procedures, dermatologic surgeons will be faced with scenarios necessitating knowledge regarding the safety of such procedures during pregnancy. Furthermore, dermatologic surg...

Remote control of CAN-based industrial equipment using Internet technologies

The paper presents different methods for observing, monitoring, parameterising and directly controlling CAN-based automation equipment using Internet technologies. Examples that are described are: a commercial industrial robot, a cartesian handling system, a workpiece separation unit and other CAN devices. Furthermore generic interfaces are presented to access CAN systems via the internet on CA...