Medical Group

Through its involvement in the Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), AILU has taken a major step towards expanding into the growing medical sector with the launch of the Medical Group.

Joining the Medical Group
Download a Medical Group brochure here. To join the Medical Group email Anna O'Neil.

Events

A workshop to address medical sector issues marked the launch with the support of the Photonics KTN and in partnership with the Health Technologies KTN was held in November 2007.

Events in 2008 for the Medical Group are 22/05/08 (Cork), 27/08/08 at Photon 08 (Edinburgh) and 16/10/08 Photonex (Stoneleigh Park Near Coventry).

The first Medical Group event in 2008 took place in Cork, Ireland on 22nd May 2008.  See events listing for full details of the programme. It was a very successful day with over sixty delegates, a review of the event in Cork is available here.

FUTURE EVENTS
For details about AILU's Industry Technology Programme on 27th August at Photon08, see the events page here.

Recent articles in the news

APRIL 2008:
Anna O'Neil, AILU's Technology Officer, published a feature article about medical device manufacture in Medical Device Developments magazine published by SPG Media.

Medical Device Developments Magazine
"Medical Device Developments 2008 Vol. 1
 
Medical devices, like the industry itself, are going through continual change; a new technology can shape the development of a product, direction of a company and ultimately future treatments for patients.

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges is an ageing global population. In response to this device manufacturers are having to look at new technologies while physicians and clinicians focus on new techniques for allowing people to grow old and maintain their quality of life."

For feature see Laser is the Tool, April 2008

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Laser is the Tool

From household electronics to security holograms, lasers play a significant and positive role in everyday life. Anna O'Neil of AILU examines their extensive use in medical technology.

From their uses as ray guns in science fiction and being used to threaten Mr Bond in Goldfinger, lasers have always been considered an object of suspicion in the world of fiction. However, without them, many devices that we take for granted in the modern world would not exist. For example, CD and DVD players, barcode scanners in the supermarket and the production of holograms as security features on our credit cards all require lasers to exist. Lasers in the medical arena have innumerable benign uses, from their application in device manufacture to surgical operations. ... more

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For more information

Download a Medical Group brochure here.

To join the Medical Group email Anna O'Neil.