IMechE Seminar: "Mechatronics in Medicine, Healthcare and Rehabilitation"

Medicine, healthcare and rehabilitation industries are taking advantage of a range of technological developments and devices and equipment are increasingly using the mechatronics philosophy.

(PRWEB) August 6, 2003 -- Event Title: Mechatronics in Medicine, Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Date: 21st November 2003
Location: Loughborough University
Event Type: 1-day Seminar

ESTIMATED COST
- IMechE Members 190
- Non-members 260
- Retired/Student 47

EVENT THEME
Medicine, healthcare and rehabilitation industries are taking advantage of a range of technological developments and devices and equipment are increasingly using the mechatronics philosophy.
Examples of these developments include:
- Robotic support for surgery.
- Surgical training systems.
- Patient monitoring systems, including mobile systems such as fall sensors.
- Diagnostic tools such as the 'swallowable endoscope and the diagnostic toilet.
- Patient support systems based around a 'Design for All strategy.
- Home based systems or 'domotics.
- Telemedicine systems.

- Intelligent rehabilitation systems
- Assistive technologies including enhanced wheelchairs and user aids.
- Drug management and control.

The coming years are likely to see increasing developments in these areas as has been recognised by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care whose report emphasised the need to make more use of technology in care provision while the Audit Commission has recently commented that the 'treatment effect associated with assistive technologies was such that had this been achieved by a drug then ".... would have resulted in the drug receiving a higher priority in the NHS and being widely prescribed."

It is therefore considered timely to bring together experts in these and related fields for a one-day seminar for the benefit of wider audience consisting of researchers, industrialists and medical professionals.

EVENT SCOPE
The Seminar will look at various areas, these include:
- What are the key areas for development?
- How might the work of the technologists and healthcare professionals be better integrated?
- What are the challenges facing the integration of technologies in future healthcare provision?
- How should the change in the care profile resulting from the introduction of care technologies be managed?
- How are the views of the users to be established and represented?

TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE
- Medical equipment manufacturers, orthopaedic device industry, healthcare industry, rehabilitation providers, drug delivery device manufacturers, hospitals, researchers, clinicians, all healthcare professionals from GPs to Nurses

- Managers, Leaders, researchers, all healthcare professionals, engineers, designers, service providers (housing associations, social services, housing departments, etc.).

- Healthcare technologies; their design, development, application and management.

BENEFITS TO DELEGATES OF ATTENDING
The meeting will bring together leading researchers and industrial representatives in these fields presenting latest developments. This area is one of increasing significance and is one which is likely to have a major impact on the future nature of our society.

It will allow you to:
- update yourself on existing and future technologies for medicine, healthcare and rehabilitation
- provide an opportunity for involvement in the development of new and novel technologies which will be sign posted by the meeting.