by Emily Waltz | Apr 30, 2021 | Clinical Technology
How much does it itch? That’s a question doctors often ask people with eczema and other itch-inducing ailments, but the answer is subjective and hard to quantify; like being asked to rate one’s pain using one of those emoji-face pain scales. Today researchers...
by Medgadget Editors | Apr 30, 2021 | Materials, Neurology, Neurosurgery
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often lead to cognitive disabilities and permanent neural tissue damage, for which effective therapies do not exist. The serious cognitive impairments that patients experience and the burden on caretakers can be enormous, necessitating a...
by Medgadget Editors | Apr 29, 2021 | Neurology, Rehab
Neurolutions, a company with offices in Santa Cruz, CA and St. Louis, MO, won FDA de novo authorization to introduce its IpsiHand stroke rehab system in the United States. This is the first approval of a brain-computer interface technology for the rehabilitation of...
by RB | Apr 28, 2021 | Electrocardiography, Portfolio, Projects
The project at hand was to build an ECG management system that would be competitive in the marketplace. The systems needed to be built on a Microsoft SQL platform and be able to consume over 22 manufacturers data from over fifteen different data types including 12/15...
by Conn Hastings | Apr 27, 2021 | GI, Materials, Radiation Oncology, Radiology
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT have developed 3D printed shields to protect the gastrointestinal tract from the side effects of radiotherapy. Using CT scans, the devices can be custom printed to suit each patient’s anatomy. The materials...
