Occupational Safety: Portable Exposure Assessment System for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injury

CDC researchers have developed the Portable Exposure Assessment System (PEAS), a field-based, remotely deployed tool to monitor and provide early warning of working conditions that have a high likelihood of musculoskeletal injury. PEAS is a noninvasive, real-time, instrument-based system. Sensor technology simultaneously measures and collects data regarding the body loads and awkward postures imposed by package handling as well as driving-related, low-frequency vibrations.

Hearing Safety Devices: System for Monitoring Exposure to Impulse Noise

This CDC-developed technology entails a system for monitoring and assessing the risk of auditory damage from exposure to impulse noise, such as noise created by construction machinery and firearms. Noise dosimeters have been used extensively over the past two decades to document personal exposure to noise and assure workplaces comply with permissible noise exposure levels. However, due to older methods of calculating "noise dose," current noise dosimeters often inaccurately determine the risk of an impulse event.

Taxus®Express2™: Bypassing By-pass Surgery with Paclitaxel-Coated Stents

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Taxus® Express2™ has the potential to benefit many of the victims of cardiovascular disease, which causes 40% of all deaths in the US. After a heart attack, patients often undergo an invasive by-pass surgery or a less invasive angioplasty procedure to open up the clogged artery. In the latter procedure, a tiny meshlike device called a stent is inserted into the artery to keep it propped open. However, in many of the stent placement cases, the body reacts to this foreign object with scar tissue formation and the artery narrows again.

Vibro-Tactile Stimulation Device and Method for Swallowing Disorder

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The transferred technology is a non-invasive, intensive, swallowing retraining device that combines sensory stimulation with motor retraining to rehabilitate swallow function, initially targeted for dysphagia patients. Dysphagia is a common disorder that creates difficulty swallowing. Patients at risk of choking on fluid or food face a risk of life-threatening aspiration pneumonia and may need to be fed through a tube.

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