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This study developed simulated skull models and a method to assess programming tool movements, selecting three models as most clinically relevant for hydrocephalus shunt valve programming.

This source discusses drug repurposing, which seeks new therapeutic uses for existing drugs, emphasizing its benefits like faster development, reduced costs, and novel treatments for unmet medical needs. The chapter outlines current trends and future perspectives in drug discovery through repurposed drugs.

This article discusses the various uses of the cotton-tipped applicator in dermatologic surgery, highlighting its innovative role as a suture scissors stabilizer, but reports no clinical results.

This study outlines the potential of drug repurposing to discover new uses for existing medications, emphasizing its cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and ability to address rare diseases by targeting novel biological mechanisms and relying on established safety profiles.

This review outlines drug repurposing as an efficient, low-cost strategy to identify new uses for existing drugs, highlighting various computational and experimental approaches as well as publicly available databases to aid in personalized pharmacotherapy.

PEMA handles on syringes improve comfort and efficiency in hair transplant procedures.

This study developed and tested continuous implanters for dermal papilla cell aggregates, finding that the bar-cartridge type implanter is the most effective design for continuous cell implantation in androgenetic alopecia research.

This study reviews recent advances in robotic systems for plastic and reconstructive surgery, noting benefits like enhanced precision and dexterity, while acknowledging ongoing challenges such as high costs and limited automation compared to other surgical specialties.

This article reviews drug repurposing as a strategy to overcome challenges in drug discovery, emphasizing AI and machine learning's role, but presents no new clinical results.

This study describes a method to safely guard needles used in comedone extraction and scalp procedures during hair transplantation, aiming to prevent deep injuries and reduce patient fear.

This chapter reviews the potential of stem cells from discarded deciduous teeth in regenerative medicine and dentistry, with no new clinical results presented.

This review details the process and advantages of drug repurposing, highlighting its potential as a cost-effective and expedited alternative to traditional drug development while summarizing various strategies and successful examples, and exploring related regulatory challenges.

This study found that poly(butylene citramalate-co-butylene succinate) copolymers exhibit high toughness, recyclability, degradability, and biocompatibility, achieving complete wound healing with skin and hair follicle regeneration in 7 days.

This study developed a new mask-free method using digital micromirror and microfluidic systems to create multicellular heterospheroids for drug screening, finding that heterospheroids exhibit higher drug resistance and combinatorial drugs are more effective than single drugs in cancer therapeutic applications.

This article examines the public health risks and benefits of pill organizers and cutters, concluding that healthcare professionals should guide their use to prevent potential medication stability and efficacy issues.

This article discusses the growing trend of repurposing existing medications for innovative therapeutic uses and highlights the need for pharmacy practitioners to be informed about accessing clinical evidence related to these applications, but it reports no new results.

In this article, researchers describe a novel FUE device designed to enhance follicular unit excision surgery by minimizing follicular injury and improving ergonomics with features such as Bluetooth functionality, fingertip touch sensors, and automated operation.

The new system makes hair transplants faster and more precise.

The researchers developed a new follicular unit extraction system with adjustable needle lengths and precise rotation speed, which they report as being superior to existing systems for non-incisional hair transplants.

This systematic review synthesizes the current state of drug repurposing, revealing its potential in various therapeutic areas like oncology and infectious diseases through insights from mechanistic studies and real-world evidence, and discusses emerging tools and challenges in the field.

This study reports the development of a prototype robotic hair transplant system capable of efficiently harvesting and implanting hair grafts, showing promising accuracy and performance in tests using a spherical scalp phantom.

In this pilot study, the Rapid Fire Hair Implanter Carousel facilitated graft placement in hair transplantation by reducing bleeding and operative time compared to the traditional manual method.

This review of robotic systems in aesthetic plastic surgery found they offer precision and minimally invasive access, but their adoption is limited by high costs and technological limitations; further research is needed for standardization and wider application.

In this study, the researchers developed an advanced robotic system called STITCH for performing suture tasks, which completed an average of 2.93 sutures autonomously and 4.47 sutures with human intervention in physical trials.

This review article explores the use of drug repurposing as a strategy in drug discovery, highlighting its advantages such as quicker development, cost reduction, known safety profiles, and potential for addressing unmet medical needs.

The researchers presented a case study on Exo.Reset®, a cosmetic formulation using extracellular vesicle technology, demonstrating systematic application of recognized standards to ensure scientific rigor and regulatory compliance in skin rejuvenation product development, providing a practical model for EV-based cosmetic innovations.

This study reviewed literature on the use of robotic systems in plastic and reconstructive surgery, highlighting their application in various procedures despite the predominance of descriptive case reports and a lack of comparative clinical outcomes and long-term data.

This study highlights the historical and contemporary use of hair sutures in plastic surgery, noting their advantages such as favorable aesthetic outcomes, minimal tissue reaction, and cost-effectiveness, despite modern synthetic alternatives.

This review discusses various follicular unit excision methods, punch designs, and motorized devices, highlighting their roles in reducing hair follicle transection rates and optimizing graft harvesting for individual patient characteristics.

The authors describe drug repurposing as a promising strategy for finding new uses for existing drugs, noting it is efficient, cost-effective, and poses lower risks than traditional drug discovery processes, potentially aiding in the treatment of rare and difficult-to-treat diseases.