PracticePoint - Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Exciting Updates from PracticePoint! Making it easier than ever to advance life science research and innovation; membership is NO LONGER REQUIRED for preclinical studies or training involving cadaver or animal models. This change ensures that life science R&D labs & trainings are not only affordable but accessible. We are expanding - 12-station training facility. We’re committed to supporting cutting-edge research & medical training —without barriers. Ready to get started? Contact us today! Catherine Bouthillier; [email protected] https://lnkd.in/eq8cGuyq

Advancing Cardiovascular Innovation with Open MRI Access at PracticePoint Leveraging?PracticePoint’s fee-for-service capabilities, Zhenglun "Alan" Wei and the AIM Cardio Lab are using cutting-edge MRI technology to study blood flow through the in-vitro flow loop for cardiovascular systems and medical devices. Their research drives advancements in: ? Validating personalized cardiovascular simulations ? Improving surgeries and interventions ? Optimizing cardiovascular medical devices Seeking Industry Collaborations! Prof. Wei welcomes partners to push the boundaries of cardiovascular innovation together. ?? Contact Prof. Wei: [email protected] | AIMCardioLab.wpi.edu ?? To learn how you can use PracticePoint’s capabilities: Contact Catherine D. Bouthillier Bouthillier at [email protected] #CardiovascularResearch #MedicalDevices #Innovation #MRI #Collaboration #OpenAccess #WPI #PracticePoint

PracticePoint was excited to welcome students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute ME593: Machining Process and ME3320: Design of Machine Elements courses! The groups toured the PracticePoint facility as part of their classroom experience, which aimed to expose the students to real-world device manufacturing processes. Professor Yihao Zheng (MME) and PracticePoint technical operation manager Ge Zhu guided the class through the tour, explaining how medical devices progress from initial conceptualization to manufacturing and clinical testing. He also introduced the students to the unique features of the PracticePoint facility at WPI, where companies and academic researchers can transform their design ideas into reality using PracticePoint's state-of-the-art medical imaging (MRI, X-Ray etc), multimodal physiological sensing, and preclinical simulation technologies. #practicepoint #worcesterpolytechnicinstitute #mechanicalengineering #graduateschool #handsonlearning #machiningdesign

Exciting news! We have achieved R1 designation, highlighting our commitment to top-tier research. At Practice Point, we support this mission by providing cutting-edge facilities for medical device testing and training. Innovators, researchers, and industry partners—leverage our space to bring your ideas to life! #R1 #Innovation #MedicalDevices” Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bogdan Vernescu Grace W.

Full Circle Rich Santora, KARL STORZ and Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute reconnected decades after Bogdan was Rich’s professor — this time both as executive leaders. Fittingly, KARL STORZ was a MassEcon finalist, with WPI as the event host. A great full-circle moment, highlighting the power of lasting professional relationships and collaboration.

An official welcome to the new Director of PracticePoint, Liaohai Chen! Liaohai “Leo” Chen, a research scientist who oversaw a $20 million surgical robotics training facility while at the University of Illinois Chicago, has joined WPI as director of both?PracticePoint - Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the university’s healthcare technology research and development facility, and the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center at WPI, or?BETC, at Gateway Park. “Dr. Chen’s extensive experience in surgical robotics and visionary approach to healthcare technology make him an invaluable addition to WPI,” said?Bogdan Vernescu, vice president and vice provost for research and innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. “We look forward to the advancements and collaborations that will undoubtedly flourish under his guidance.” https://lnkd.in/eC8HujhR

Cardiac Health, Musculoskeletal Health & Diabetes = Experts Come Together - 600 industry stakeholders - One-day, sell-out event - Followed by an evening celebrating innovations impact on patient outcomes - Discount Codes too! $100/off Regular Rates: PARTNER100; $50/off Academic rates = PARTNER50 Speakers include representatives from: Abiomed, AtriCure, Inc., Best Buy Health, Insulet Corporation, Medtronic, The Mullings Group, Podimetrics, Sanofi, Smith+Nephew and Takeda. See Full Agenda and Register : https://lnkd.in/evkNWaTi Thank you MassMEDIC Nichole Wenderlich Owens, EMBA Brian Johnson Rachel Robinson

From the whole team at WPI's PracticePoint, we wish you peace, joy, and happiness this season and throughout the year!

Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring & MA Start-Up Using a optomechanical sensor that interprets real-time SBP & DBP for every heartbeat from continuous video images of skin displacement over the radial artery at the wrist... WITHOUT the need for a traditional BP cuff. #ViTrack can continuously measure other vital signs: heart rate, respiratory rate, and advanced heart function parameters. Congratulations Dynocardia, Inc., past Massachusetts Technology Collaborative MeHi Sandbox Awardee, PracticePoint User & Advisory Board Member, achieving another significant milestone in their CNIBP journey! https://lnkd.in/eqrXmwtY

Congratulations to DOCTOR Tess Meier, who recently successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Exploring Hand Exoskeleton Assistance and Rehabilitation through the Lens of Neuroscience". Assistive hand exoskeletons can leverage the principles of neuroplasticity to improve rehabilitation outcomes in individuals with hand impairment and speech aphasia after a brain injury. Tess is currently open to postdoctoral opportunities! Feel free to reach out to her at [email protected] Tess has used practically every suite in the PracticePoint facility for her wearable robotics research. "PracticePoint has allowed me to think bigger with my research questions, blending robotics engineering with neuroscience through the exploration of neuroimaging modalities in the neurotech suite and the MRI. The easy access to fMRI, MRI, fNIRS, Motion Capture and manufacturing equipment, coupled with the support of the staff, was crucial in maintaining my dissertation timeline. Not many places offer this level of flexibility and operational support.” "Exploring Hand Exoskeleton Assistance and Rehabilitation through the Lens of Neuroscience" Abstract:?Over 3 million people in the U.S. alone suffer from neurological chronic upper limb motor impairments and comorbidities, such as aphasia, which make it challenging or impossible to perform daily activities, adversely affecting quality of life. An assistive hand exoskeleton for powered finger extension and an equivalent MRI-compatible hand exoskeleton were developed to assist individuals with upper motor neuron injuries and study functionally relevant brain activation in parallel. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) were used independently and concurrently to study the brain's response to rehabilitative hand movements facilitated by the exoskeleton, and functional tasks assisted by the hand exoskeleton. Voice control was proposed as a user interface that has the potential to improve speech aphasia outcomes in addition to motor function outcomes. The enabling technologies developed and tested in this work are just the beginning of realizing the vision of rehabilitation through assistive exoskeletons. #practicepoint #wpi #neuroscience #neuroimaging #medicalrobotics #exoskeleton #mri #phd #phddissertation #motioncapture #rehabilitation #fmri #fnirs