April 15, 2019
UC San Diego Health has invested in a new robotic technology to benefit patients in need of restorative spine surgery. This technology enables minimally invasive spine surgery, the benefits of which include potential for shorter operations, less anesthesia, smaller incisions and reduced blood loss.
December 12, 2023
UC San Diego Health and the Navy perform reconstructive jaw surgery using 3D Printed Teeth on UC San Diego graduate.
November 28, 2018
High-tech surgical suites allow doctors to scan patients without either leaving the operating room.
December 6, 2016
Patients at the newly opened Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health can be in command of their own experience by controlling room temperature, lighting, accessing their personal medical information, details on their patient care team and entertainment options all from their beds.
January 12, 2017
…the newly opened Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health is equipped with Apple TV and an iPad, allowing patients like Joseph Cussen to control their televisions, lights and other room features. Lights, iPads, Action! Technology Empowers Patients to Feel in Control at Newly Opened Jacobs Medical Center Admiring…
August 1, 2017
…recently created called Worldcare Technologies. Monitoring HIV levels in the blood is critical for identifying when the virus is becoming resistant to a particular therapy, which signals that the therapy probably needs to be modified. If a therapy is working as it should, the viral load remains low. If the…
May 19, 2017
UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Patrick Mercier met with staff members working for representatives for San Diego County and for California Senator Dianne Feinstein at an event on Capitol Hill, where he showcased wearable technologies that have the potential to revolutionize access to health care.
April 2, 2014
…how we move. The goal is to develop new technologies to help patients with Parkinson’s disease and other debilitating medical conditions navigate the world on their own. Their research is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation program.
October 22, 2015
The National Human Genome Research Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded $2 million to a UC San Diego team led by Dr. Cinnamon Bloss to research individual conceptions of privacy related to emerging health big data technologies.
March 2, 2017
…used different 3D printing technologies to create artificial blood vessels. But existing technologies are slow, costly and mainly produce simple structures, such as a single blood vessel — a tube, basically. These blood vessels also are not capable of integrating with the body’s own vascular system. “Almost all tissues and…
