Open wide for Dental CAD
A recent software package is said to accurately reconstruct scan data of teeth, maxillary and mandibular arches, and jaw structure, and simplify dental...
Control software tells where to point the laser
A recent technique for treating tumors, photodynamic therapy, uses light and light-activated drugs. The treatment first injects a patient with a photosensitized...
The faster the graphics, the faster the CAD work
A graphic card from Nvidia and CAD software from SolidWorks let us present 3D CAD work in a clear and visually compelling way. It lets viewers immediately...
Software Shows How to Fill Small Molds with Difficult Material
Filling small molds that include three inserts with a hard-to-flow material can be trouble for molders such as CG TEC in France. To help with the problem,...
PDM Lets Material Maker Respond in Minutes, Not Days
Material and filter manufacturer W.L. Gore & Assoc., Newark, Del., (gore.com) now responds to customer requests from almost anywhere in the world in 15...
Latest CADImproves Ergonomics and Assemblies
The latest version of SolidWorks 2007 sports more than 200 new capabilities, among them special facilities for managing the creation of model features....
FEA Tells How Much Ice to Cool Kidneys for Surgery
Clamping kidney blood vessels prior to surgery gives doctors a brief 30-minute window before ischemia damages the organ. Cooling the kidney, however,...
CFD to Assist Diagnosing, Treating Brain Aneurysms
Researchers at UCLA are generating flow models of blood through brain aneurysms with the goal of better predicting how the aneurysm will grow and then...
Software Fine Tunes a Nitinol Stent
The stent function is simple: Prop open clogged or collapsing arteries to keep blood flowing. Designing one, however, is an entirely different proposition....
How CFD Gives the Heart a Hand
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to peek inside designs of their catheter and rotary pumps. The devices...
