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The CIMIT Exploratorium 2009» Print this Page
Click through the exhibit names below to preview the innovation featured at the four Exploratorium pavilions:
Care Anywhere, Breakthrough Technologies, Wounded Warrior, and Innovation 101.


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Care Anywhere
Experience the lifestyle benefits emerging from the growing marketplace of transformational devices and systems designed to offer Care Anywhere.

CollaboRhythm: Primary Care Teamwork Anywhere at Any Time »
John Moore, MD, PhD
MIT Media Lab
CIMIT-Funded Project, CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare View technology that enables patients to become active participants in their care and allows health professionals to provide continuous collaborative support.
Hospital at Home »
Bruce Leff, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Learn about a program to provide hospital-level care at home for acutely ill older patients discharged from the emergency department to the home.
Project RED: The Re-Engineering Hospital Discharge Program »
Timothy Bickmore, PhD & Brian Jack, MD
Northeastern University, Boston University Medical Center
Interact with a “virtual discharge advocate” simulating face-to-face interaction between a patient and a nurse implementing a NQF Safe Practice hospital discharge protocol.
Partners TeleStroke Center: Helping Patients from Afar »
Lee Schwamm, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
CIMIT-Funded ProjectSee how emerging telemedicine technologies are collapsing the barriers of time and distance, enabling specialists to collaborate in real-time on care of acutely-ill patients around the world.
Care Where You Are: In-Home Technology »
Janelle Moerer
Via Christi Health System
Learn about a program for well elders incorporating Smart Home technologies that activate an “On Star” service center in the event of an unsafe condition or alarm.
Real-Time, Point-of-Care Simulation Training»
Debra Weiner, MD & Ryan Bardsley
Children's Hospital Boston, The Simulation Group at CIMIT
CIMIT-Funded Project Examine a handheld simulation training device prototype for care providers to learn, practice and ultimately perform medical procedures on demand, in real-time, at point-of-care in any environment. 
The Inflection Navigator»
Lyle Berkowitz, MD
Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program
Interact with an ambulatory-based triage system and web-based tool that supports a navigator guiding patients thru an acute healthcare inflection point, such as cancer.
iHealthSpace: Redefining Patient Health Literacy through Community & Communication»
Jeanhee Chung, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Check out a virtual space created to optimally support patients, families and care providers in the myriad tasks required to assess their health state, manage problems and prevent complications.
The Revolution Will Be Mobile»
Teaque Lenahan
gravitytank
Come see how "mobile apps" are starting to revolutionize healthcare and put power in the hands of patients and providers.
Affectiva Q: Comfortable Wristband to Measure Sympathetic Nervous System Activation»
Jocelyn Scheirer
Affectiva Inc, an MIT Media Lab spin-out
Learn about the Q, a wearable, washable biosensor that comfortably measures and communicates emotional arousal without interfering with daily life.
Destination Bedside: Strong Finishes for Strong Starts
to Nursing Shifts »
Christi Zuber, RN, MHA
Innovation Consultancy at Kaiser Permanente
Explore prototypes that increase quality nurse-patient interactions by encouraging patient involvement during nursing shift changes.
Sound Clinical Intuition: Depression and Engagement Monitoring in Care Management
Joshua Feast, MBA & Ali Azarbayejani, PhD
Cogito Health Inc, an MIT Media Lab spin-out
Discover how Honest Signals present in natural telephone conversation can be used to automatically monitor for clinical depression and engagement levels in care management settings.
The Connected Health Care Suite»
Doug McClure
Partners Center for Connected Health
Interact with a platform that delivers powerful remote monitoring, decision support, clinical rules and disease and behavior management tools for programs in heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.
Partners Home Care: Telemonitoring Program»
Kathy Duckett
Partners Home Care
Come see how remote telemonitoring extends the reach of the nurse into the home and enables patient self-management.
Steelcase: Nurture »
Debra Holden
Steelcase
Experience Nurture’s innovative furnishing solutions and environments that adapt and flex to the way caregivers work – not the other way around.
Ambulatory Practice of the Future »
David Judge, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, CIMIT
CIMIT-Funded ProjectView an architectural rendering of an innovative redesign of the physical space of an ambulatory practice.
Automated Vital Signs Capture in the Clinic »
Nat Sims, MD & Mike Dempsey
Sims Innovation Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital
See a demonstration of a system that allows medical assistants to automatically and wirelessly capture data from vital signs monitors and upload to the medical record. 


 
Breakthrough Technologies
Explore how innovators are transforming diagnostics and therapies with Breakthrough Technologies.

Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) »
Patricia Sylla, MD, Christopher Thompson, MD & Kai Matthes, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CIMIT-Funded ProjectExplore how Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) utilizes the mouth, vagina and anus as entry points for minimally invasive procedures within the peritoneal cavity.
Automated Hand-Hygiene Reminder & Documentation System »
Michael Dempsey & Ron Newbower, PhD
CIMIT
CIMIT-Funded ProjectView a simple technology solution designed to address costly hospital-acquired and food-borne related infections. The technology provides real-time prompts to remind employees to sanitize hands as needed.

Brain Computer Interface »
Guan Cuntai, PhD
A*STAR

Learn about an effective therapeutic intervention for stroke patients. The Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a system that directly translates brain signals into commands for controlling an external device and enables stroke patients to relearn motor control and improve their cognitive capacities.
Polymer Microfluidic Device Creation »
Zhiping Wang, PhD
A*STAR

See innovations in the creation of polymer microfluidic device manufacturing including design, fabrication, integration, testing, measurement, and characterization.
Biomimetic Spleen for Sepsis Therapy »
Chong Wing Yung & Ryan Cooper
Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Princeton University, MIT
CIMIT-Funded ProjectObserve a blood cleansing platform technology as a biomimetic spleen that has demonstrated ability to remove over 90% of candida albicans fungal pathogens from flowing human blood.
Endoscopic Optical Frequency Domain Imaging for Staging & Characterization of Human Diseases»
Eman Namati, PhD & Gary Tearney MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
CIMIT-Funded ProjectExplore non-invasive, high-resolution optical methods for diagnosing diseases. Clinical applications include coronary arteries, gastrointestinal tract and pulmonary airways.
Neuro-Modulatory Single-Transducer Focused
Ultrasound System »
Seung-Schik Yoo, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
CIMIT-Funded ProjectView the image-guided single-transducer based ultrasound sonication system that selectively excites and suppresses the regional brain function.
Advanced Multimodality Image-Guided Operating Suite (AMIGO)»
Dan Kacher, MS
Brigham & Women's Hospital
CIMIT-Funded ProjectLearn about the AMIGO suite of procedure rooms that provide intra-operative imaging using multiple modalities and enables clinicians to better define tumor margins.
Point-of-Care HIV Patient Monitoring Device»
Utkan Demirci, PhD & SangJun Moon, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard-MIT Health Science & Technology Program
CIMIT-Funded ProjectView a point-of-care platform that uses a microfluidic chip and far-field CCD based imaging technologies for HIV patient monitoring.
Real-Time Breath Analysis for Early TB Detection»
Jose Trevejo, MD, PhD
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CIMIT-Funded ProjectLearn about a volatile analysis system for early TB detection, utilizing a novel differential mobility spectrometer with a highly sensitive, real-time, portable, low-cost gas sensor.
Cost-Effective Diagnostics through Modular Aptazyme-Mediated Signal Transduction»
Richard Henrikson, Frankie Myers
University of California, Berkeley
CIMIT-Funded ProjectLearn how Modular Aptazyme-Mediate Signal Transduction presents a novel mechanism for versatile, rapid, and low-cost molecular diagnostics.
Unique Bi-Directional Nasal Drug Delivery Technology »
Helena Djupesland
OptiNose

Learn about a new therapeutic option that targets sites of absorption deep in the nose. This technology has broad applicability for sinusitis, rhinitis, migraine, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Aingeal: Body-Worn Wireless Vital Signs Monitor»
Michael Caulfield, PhD
Intelesens
Learn how a non-invasive body-worn patch device using existing wireless networks can measure respiration rate, heart rate and patient activity levels to provide alerts for clinical staff.
Neurocritical Care Demonstration of
Medical Device Plug-and-Play Concepts »
Richard Moberg & Julian M. Goldman, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Moberg Research Corporation
CIMIT-Funded ProjectLearn about a neurocritical care application in a plug-and-play integrated device using the new ICE (Integrated Clinical Environment) standards-based medical device adapters.
Web-Based Virtual Simulation: Reducing the Spread of MRSA in the Department of Veterans Affairs»
Mark Balch, MHA
VA Boston Healthcare System
Experience a web-based virtual simulation training program that enhances knowledge retention and facilitates behavioral changes associated with MRSA infection control.
Innovative Visualization and Endoscopic Technologies »
KARL STORZ Endoscopy
See the Image 1® FULL HD solution that offers surgeons video capabilities and visualization. The ENDOCAMELEON™ is the unique telescope that provides a variable direction of view.
Smart Walker of the Future »
Margaret Laws, MPP
California HealthCare Foundation
Come see an affordable, reengineered walker designed to improve mobility and decrease avoidable falls.
inSPira HD: Battery Powered, High Resolution, Portable SPECT »
Sang Lee
NeuroLogica Corporation
See the recently FDA approved inSPira HD, a portable SPECT designed primarily for brain imaging applications such as Epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Stroke and Alzheimer's.
Setting the New Standard in Endoscopy »
Ray Eckel
Olympus America Inc.
Learn about state-of-the-art Olympus endoscopy equipment that is ergonomically designed, minimally invasive, and offers outstanding optics for surgeons and patients.


 
Wounded Warrior
Discover how scientists, clinicians and engineers are collaborating to find innovative solutions to aid the Wounded Warrior.

Micromechanical Forces in Wound Healing »
Dennis Orgill, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
CIMIT-Funded ProjectExplore how micromechanical forces are used to modulate surface interactions and waveforms to stimulate wound healing and tissue regeneration
MedEx 1000: "Suitcase ICU" »
Matthew E. Hanson, PhD, MBA
Integrated Medical Systems, Inc.
Learn about the MedEx 1000 "suitcase ICU", an integrated, modular, remotely-controllable, portable unit including a ventilator, physiological monitor, multiple infusion pumps and fluid warmer.
Combat Gauze: A Novel Hemostatic Agent »
Bijan Kheirabadi, PhD
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR)
See Combat Gauze's utility as a hemostatic agent and hear about the USAISR's experimental findings regarding this effective hemostatic technology. 
Brain Imaging in PTSD »
Lisa M. Shin, PhD, Scott P. Orr, PhD & Roger Pitman, MD
Tufts University, VA Medical Center-Manchester,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Check out this exhibit where participants will view color images of brain activity in PTSD patients and perform tasks that patients performed during scanning.
Hand Held System for Providing Resuscitation Decision Support »
Jose Salinas, PhD
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR)
Witness a portable hand-held system for providing resuscitation decision support along with a wireless vital signs monitor and mini medic system.
Automated Processing of the Physiologic Registry
for the Assessment of Injury Severity »
Andrew Reisner, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, CIMIT, TATRC Bioinformatics Cell (US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center)
CIMIT-Funded ProjectLearn about this prospective trial of fully-automated diagnostic algorithms that analyze vital signs patterns of trauma patients transported by Boston Medflight that employ an innovative plug-and-play computing platform.
Clinical Use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Neuromodulation & Motor Training »
Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MPH
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CIMIT-Funded ProjectObserve the main principles of tDCS and recent updates on the clinical use of tDCS in neuropsychiatry and combination of tDCS with other techniques of motor training such as ARMEO.
Robotics for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in TBI Survivors »
Paolo Bonato, PhD
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Collaboration with Hocoma AG
CIMIT-Funded ProjectInteract with a system that combines a commercially available device (the Armeo by Hocoma AG) and a data glove for the purpose of implementing rehabilitation protocols that are focused on recovering upper limb motor functions in TBI survivors.
Portable Brain Function Assessment for TBI Detection »
Michael Singer, PhD & Douglas C. Oberly, MS
BrainScope Company, Inc.
See an objective brain function assessment product for early identification and potential optimization of treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury.
Pneumatic Medicine: A Transformative Treatment for Microvascular Disorders & Wound Healing »
Laura Jacobs, MD, PhD
NormaTec
Learn how the NormaTec PCD dramatically accelerates wound and incision healing, reduces edema, improves joint range of motion, and relieves pain.  
Innovative Treatments & Prophylactics Based on
Chitosan Derivatives »
William P. Wiesmann, MD
Synedgen Inc.
See this platform of innovative chitosan-based antimicrobials that show highly significant killing of drug-resistant organisms of military importance, alone and in combination with antibiotics.
Burn Flight Team: Connecting Combat Casualty
Care Research with Medicine »
LTC Christopher White, MD
United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR)
See the connectivity between combat casualty care research and the actual provision of critical care by Institute personnel at the Burn Flight Team exhibit.
DE-STRESS: Delivery of Self-Training and Education
for Stressful Situations »
Eileen Delaney, MA & Carmen McLean, PhD
National Center for PTSD/VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine
Destress with this web-based, self-management intervention that uses empirically supported techniques to help military personnel and veterans manage posttraumatic symptoms.
Reverse-Phase Gel for Rapid Temporary Hemostasis
of Battlefield Wounds »
James Benn, PhD
Pluromed, Inc.
Come learn about Pluromed’s Gel system, which is used today in cardiovascular surgery, and explore how it can be used for rapid hemostasis of penetration and surface battlefield wounds.
Innovation 101
Visit Innovation 101 to learn how creative organizations and physician/student teams are solving clinical problems through multi-disciplinary, inter-institutional collaboration.

Innovation Toolkit »
Chris McCarthy & Keith McCandless
Innovation Learning Network (ILN), Social Invention Group
Engage in powerful innovation methods from the ILN Innovation Toolkit,  unleashing the immense power of grassroots creativity, boundary-crossing collaboration, and decentralized networks.
Precision Motion Medical Devices »
Maureen L. Mulvihill, PhD
Piezo Resonance Innovations, Inc.
Meet Piezo Resonance Innovations, developing active precision motion medical devices and integrating smart technologies in SBIR and commercial partnerships.
Steerable Catheter, MIT 2.75 Physician/Student Project »
Conor Walsh, MS & Rajiv Gupta, MD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital
CIMIT-Funded ProjectInterface with a prototype image-guided telerobot capable of repositioning the distal tip of a percutaneous instrument, such as a radio frequency ablation probe, within a configurable volume inside the body .
Image-Guided, Telerobot For Percutaneous Instrument
Distal Tip Repositioning »
Conor Walsh, MS, Alex Slocum, PhD & Rajiv Gupta, MD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital

An image-guided telerobot capable of repositioning the distal tip of a percutaneous instrument, such as a radiofrequency ablation probe, within a configurable volume inside the body.
CIMIT Young Clinicians »
Claire Cronin, MD, MBA; Marilyn L. Moy, MD; Harald Ott, MD; Robert Riviello, MD; Jennifer E. Rosen, MD; Joan Spiegel, MD; Gerhard Wolf, MD
CIMIT Consortium Hospitals: NWH, VA BHS, MGH, BWH, BMC, BIDMC, CHB
Meet young clinicians creating novel life-saving medical devices and technologies in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, minimally invasive diagnostics and therapies, metabolic disease and biomaterials.
Therapeutic Game for Children with Autism »
Ming Jack Po
Columbia University
CIMIT-Funded Project, CIMIT Prize for Primary HealthcareExplore a set of therapeutic computer games for autistic children (5 to 18) centered on social development providing customizability and feedback for therapists and caretakers.




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