by Conn Hastings | Jul 19, 2021 | Cardiology, Exclusive, Geriatrics, Medicine
100Plus, a California medtech company, created a suite of remote patient monitoring technologies. These include a digital weight scale, blood pressure cuff, thermometer, and blood glucose monitor. The company recently launched Ava, an AI powered healthcare assistant...
by RB | Jul 15, 2021 | Cardiology, Pacemakers
By: Patrice Wendling Medscape A fully implantable, bioabsorbable pacemaker has been developed that’s capable of sustaining heart rhythms in animal and human donor hearts before disappearing over 5 to 7 weeks. Temporary pacing devices are...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 13, 2021 | Diagnostics, Oncology, Radiology
Researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology in South Korea are reporting on having developed a technique for minimally invasive diagnosis of thyroid cancer. The method combines multispectral photoacoustic imaging and machine learning, and is conceived...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 12, 2021 | Critical Care, Materials, Medicine
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a biomaterial-based vaccine technology that could provide prophylactic protection against bacterial infection and septic shock. The technology is delivered as a biomaterial scaffold. Once inside the body, it...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 8, 2021 | Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Exclusive, Vascular Surgery
Neurescue, a medtech company based in Denmark, created the NEURESCUE system, a balloon catheter designed to occlude the aorta, resulting in a significant increase in blood flow to the heart and brain. The mechanism is intended to provide emergency treatment for...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 8, 2021 | Oncology, Radiology, Urology
Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, created an AI system that can identify prostate cancer during routine CT scans. It is typically difficult to spot prostate cancer in CT images, and the radiation makes CT unsuitable as a screening modality....
by Conn Hastings | Jul 8, 2021 | Diagnostics, Medicine
Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, have developed a system to monitor the severity of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The system includes a commercial chest strap sensor that measures heart...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 8, 2021 | Diagnostics, Medicine, Nanomedicine, Psychiatry
Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a microchip that can perform real-time measurements of stress hormone levels in a drop of blood. The technology could provide a replacement for bulky and expensive lab tests for such hormones, and allow patients to...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 6, 2021 | Diagnostics, Materials, Medicine, Sports Medicine
Researchers at MIT have developed an e-skin technology that contains artificial sweat ducts. The ducts prevent sweat accumulation underneath the e-skin, helping to prevent interference with built-in sensors. Incorporating a kirigami-style design, the material conforms...
by RB | Jun 10, 2021 | Clinical Technology, SysML
One of the implementation dreams of enterprise algorithm developers is the ability to implement various specific data implementation algorithms on a defined data stream. The ability to encapsulate data feed ingestion, operational dynamics of the algorithm, and the...
