medical devices

Caution warranted given increased public exposure in recent decades

Tibor Juhasz honored for discovery that led to laser eye surgery

UCI, OC Health Care Agency lead state’s first study to widely test representative sample of residents

Portable imager could massively increase testing across nation by end of 2020

Quick-to-produce devices could help alleviate hospital shortages during COVID-19 crisis

‘Small token of appreciation’ leads to surprise gifts for new UCI medical students

Robert Spitale, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is one of five winners of 2019 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards, intended to accelerate high-risk and high-reward science research projects that could lead to discoveries, solutions and potential breakthrough treatments for patients. The award is for three years and provides $900,000 in direct funds for selected […]

About 2 million people in the U.S. suffer from a mysterious illness known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome. One of the challenges healthcare professionals have faced in diagnosing it has been the lack of a clear biomarker, something in a patient’s bloodstream to signal the cause of the problem. Researchers at UCI and […]

Shock wave device used by UCI Health urologists revamps treatment for painful kidney deposits

Inexpensive, disposable sensors continuously measure breath rate and volume