objective: to determine the type and pattern of arrhythmic events following the 2012 ahar-varzegan earthquake among patients implanted with cardiac defibrillators (icds) in east azarbaijan province. methods: in a prospective cohort study, conducted in east azerbaijan province of iran, 132 patients were enrolled in two comparison groups according to the region of residence i.e., earthquake regio...

purpose : to assess the visual and refractive outcomes after implantation of toric implantable collamer lens (t-icl) in compound myopic astigmatism methods : in this prospective study, 28 eyes with manifest refraction spherical equivalent (mrse) errors of -10.94±4.09 diopter (d) and mean cylindrical errors of -3.47±1.39 d underwent t-icl implantation. six months after surgery, best corrected an...

conclusions intraperitoneal migration of a subfascially placed baclofen pump is a rare, yet serious complication, which has been reported only once in the literature. we advise neurosurgeons to have a low level of threshold in confirming the location of a baclofen pump with imaging and surgical exploration if necessary in order to avoid detrimental outcomes such as bowel perforation. case prese...

Recharging implantable electronics from the outside of the human body is very important for applications such as implantable biosensors and other implantable electronics. In this paper, a recharging method for implantable biosensors based on a wearable incoherent light source has been proposed and simulated. Firstly, we develop a model of the incoherent light source and a multi-layer model of s...

totally implantable venous access devices (tivad) or implantable catheter ports are devices which can be implanted subcutaneously. they enable prolonged and repeated access to the vascular system, into the peritoneal cavity or intravertebral space. this device is particularly useful for repeated medical injection, for blood sampling or transfusion of blood and blood derivatives and for total pa...

the usage of implantable cardiac defibrillator (icd) since 1980s is becoming more popular these days. the rate of both, endocarditis and constrictive pericarditis are low but it still needs attention. we are reporting a rare case of icd endocarditis as a result of toe infection in a diabetic patient. this was followed by infectious pericarditis after device removal by open heart surgery and the...

  Implantable cardioverter defibrillators have been instrumental in the health and safety of patients who are at increased risk of sudden death by ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. Consensus on the perioperative management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices has suggested that certain surgical interventions (including transurethral resection of the prostate) may interfere wi...

In this review paper, research progress on implantable antennas for wireless biomedical devices is discussed and summarized. An implantable antenna is a key component for radio frequency linked telemetry as many challenges arise. An implantable antenna needs to meet requirements such as compact size, operating bandwidth, sufficient radiation efficiency, and patient safety. The purpose of this p...

We introduce three implantable tissue regeneration systems; an implantable cell graft culture system, an implantable electrical stimulation system for bone regeneration, and a liquid crystal polymer (LCP)based bone regeneration device. These devices allow electrical stimulation to stem cell grafts under in vivo circumstances. After a cell culture using the implantable cell graft culture system,...

purpose: to evaluate the efficacy, safety, predictability and stability of implantable collamer lens (icl) and toric icl for the treat­ment of high myopia and high myopic astigmatism, one year prospective study. methods: in this prospective nonrandomized clinical trial, 95 eyes of 51 patients that had icl (31 eyes) and toric icl (64 eyes) were participate in eye research center, department of o...