Equipment
The LIO has access to a variety of specialized equipment to facilitate its research projects:
3D movement capture systems:
- 12-camera Vicon optical system
- 6-camera Vicon 460 optical system
- NDI Spectra optical system
- PhaseSpace optical system
- APDM inertial sensor system
- Xsens Moven inertial sensor system
- Fastrack magnetic tracking systems
- Zebris ultrasound system
- AMTI treadmill with two inclining belts and integrated force platforms
- AMTI instrumented staircase with force platforms
- AMTI force platforms
- Delsys wireless electromyograph (EMG) with inertial sensors
- KneeKG system for evaluating the biomechanics of the knee
- Manual wheelchair propulsion simulator with haptic biofeedback
- SmartWheels instrumented wheels
- Virtual reality helmets
- Augmented reality helmets
- Eye-tracking systems
- Mitsar SmartBCI electroencephalograph (EEG)
- MTS Mini Bionix biomechanical assessment device
- ARAMIS 3D displacement and deformation field measuring system
- MTS Bionix Knee Simulator
- BOSE ElectroForce instrument for the dynamic characterization of biological tissue
- Hysitron (TI 950) nanoindenter
- High-speed cineradiography device
- Verasonics programmable ultrasound
- Photron SA3 high-speed cameras
- Labconco organic fume hood
- Thermal chambers
- EOS™ low-dose imaging system, EOS imaging
- Cone Beam CT imaging system (access through CRCHUM)
- 3 Tesla MRI (access through CRCHUM)
- Radiographic phantoms
Materials and soft tissue characterization equipment:
- Anton Paar MC301 rheometer
- TA Instruments ElectroForce 3200
- AST VCA Optima goniometer
- Rheolution ElastoSens Bio
- Q-Sense QCM-D quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation
CHUM-NRC Laboratory:
- CellScale MicroSquisher
- TA Instruments EnduraTEC ElectroForce biaxial 3200
- CellScale BioTester
- Biomomentum Mach-1 V500 mechanical testing system
Manufacturing/design equipment:
- REGENHU 3D Discovery bioprinter
- Plasmionique low-pressure plasma reactor