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The Medical Design Innovations Laboratory’s primary mission is to further medical science and improve patient outcomes through innovative device designs.

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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
8 days
🎯 BREAKTHROUGH: @UTSA rsrchrs secured $1.2M from @NSF to make VR accessible for 69M Americans with balance impairments! Using AI-ctrled audio feedback, the team is developing solutions for safe VR use at HOME! Game-changing for rehab, edu & fitness! .
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Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨.Our latest research on enhancing military airway suction devices is now published!.Key focus: ⚡ Performance + 🎒 Portability.Critical for emergency medical care in challenging field conditions. #MedDevice #EmergencyMed #Research.
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Background Airway management is critical in combat casualty care, with airway compromise being the second leading cause of preventable battlefield deaths. Suction devices are essential for clearing...
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
18 days
🎓 Congrats to Eric on successfully defending his master's thesis yesterday! His research on portable suction devices in ME is impressive work. The dedication to complete a master's degree is truly admirable. Well done, Eric! 👏 #MechanicalEngineering #MastersThesis #Engineering
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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🚀 New paper in Annals of Biomedical Engineering!.We propose using time-averaged air flow rate to better assess portable suction device performance. Congrats team on your hard work!.#BiomedicalEngineering #MedTech #Research
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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🎇 Conference SUCCESS! Our 5 lab members crushed their @ASME presentations! Amzng networking, new collabs, and watching our lab fam support each other made this unforgettable. Proud to represent @UTSAEngineering & @UTHealthSA ! 🔬✨ #Research #Engineering #LabFamily #ASME2025
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
2 months
Excited to see our grad students Jacob, Rakib & Angeles present at The AIM Health R&D Summit! 🎯 Where Academia, Industry & Military Health research converge. Good luck with your posters - can't wait to see all the amazing research San Antonio has to offer! #AIMHealthSummit
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
2 months
🎉 Excited to welcome our CAMEE interns to the lab this summer! Ready for an amazing season of research, collaboration, and discovery together! 🔬⚡ #CAMEE #Research #STEMInterns #LabLife
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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So proud of our graduating seniors! 🎓 Whether pursuing grad school or entering the workforce, we're incredibly proud of the work you've done at the MDI Lab. If you're ever in need, you know where to reach us! Here's to your next chapter! #GraduationSeason #ProudMentor #UTSA
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Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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Lab stress? Two-step it away! 🕺 Celebrated end of semester with line dancing lessons! Perfect way to honor our graduating undergrads while building community. Sometimes the best scientific collabs begin on the dance floor! #LabLife #AcademicTwitter #GradSchoolWins
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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Celebrating a major milestone! 🎉 Diana, Ada, and Sophie received their engineer rings today! So proud of our graduating seniors completing this time-honored induction ceremony and earning their certificates. Future of engineering looks bright! ⚙️💫 #EngineeringGrads #WomenInSTEM
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Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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Congrats to Isaac Alvarez on winning 2nd place in the pro division at Viva Science for his innovative poster "Virtual Biopsy for Coronary Arteries: A New Approach to Diagnostic Imaging"! 👏 Thx @UTHSCSA and @WitteMuseum for this collaborative event! #VivaScience #AIinHealthcare
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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Incredibly proud of our undergraduate students who shined at the Spring 2025 Tech Symposium! 🚀 Their innovative projects demonstrated exceptional collaboration, problem-solving, and presentation skills. Congratulations to all participants! #TechSymposium2025 #StudentInnovation.
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
3 months
Spring Semester ending = Spring cleaning time! 🧪🧹 Big thanks to our amazing lab team for tidying up today! Lab space now clean, organized, and ready for more breakthrough science! #LabLife #SpringCleaning
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
3 months
Excited to see our lab's UG researcher Kelinda Shen on Fox KCWX showcasing her biomedical engineering senior project T.R.E.L.! Watch her prototype in action and visit the Tech Symposium on May 1 to meet Kelinda and other innovative students. #BME.
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
3 months
Exciting day at #BioFestInvest yesterday! Our PI and sister-company @EmergenceMed pitched their innovation to investors from across the nation. Grateful for the opportunity to showcase our work and connect with the biomedical community in San Antonio! #MedTech #Innovation
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Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
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🎉 HUGE CONGRATS to Rakib Hasan on winning 1st place at @UTSA CAMLS 2025 with his revolutionary portable suction device poster! Our grad students cont to push boundaries in mfg innovation. 🚀What other exciting research have you seen lately?@UTSA #Manufacturing #NextGenInnovator
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
4 months
Huge thx to our amazing alumnus Dr. Portillo for hosting our lab at @SwRI today! Seeing the incredible research facilities and career opportunities available to science grads was eye-opening for our students! So proud to see where our alums can go! #ScienceCareers #LabTour🤝💡
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
4 months
RT @UTHSAResearch: ICYMI: Promising @UTHealthSA cancer researcher, Maria Falzone, PhD, receives UT System Rising STARs award. https://t.co/….
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
4 months
RT @UTSA_Libraries: 📚✨ Ready to level up your semester? Check out the library’s monthly events & workshops - we’ve got something for everyo….
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@MDI_Lab
Medical Design Innovations Lab at UTSA
4 months
🎉 Our paper "Field-Ready Suction Solutions for Emergencies: The Battlefield Ready Innovative Suction Kit (BRISK)" is now published in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.BRISK: lighter, stronger, smaller suction tech that saves lives on the battlefield. #BME #Innovation
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