Today’s smart medical devices, such as glucometers that keep a record of blood sugar readings, typically require a smartphone as a gateway to link them to the internet. This poses some drawbacks, as patients are required to maintain a paired smartphone nearby and to make sure the data is uploaded regularly to a healthcare provider’s […]
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Artificial Intelligence to Make Prosthetic Arms Cheaper, Faster, More Real
Prosthetic arms that are available these days are fairly high tech, but they’re not very smart. They can’t feel and can’t adapt well to the things the fingers grasp onto, and to really get a good connection the patient needs the electrodes implanted into the stump. Researchers at Microsoft believe that artificial intelligence technologies may […]
Philips Helium-Free MRI System Combines Productivity With High Quality Imaging
Philips has announced the launch of the Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR, the next offering in its portfolio of Ingenia MRI technologies. A core innovation of the Ingenia Ambition X system is Philips’ breakthrough BlueSeal fully-sealed magnet which contains less than 0.5% of helium compared to conventional systems and the helium doesn’t need to be […]
Affordable Fertility Care from the Glow Fertility Program: Three Perspectives Interview
For couples dealing with infertility, the cost of fertility treatment can be significant. While numerous variables need to be considered when estimating the cost of treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF), estimates put the price on the order of $12,000-$14,000, and sometimes even higher. This does not include the added cost of medications, which themselves range […]
Boston Sci’s ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve Showing High Performance
Boston Scientific is touting results of a clinical study evaluating its ACURATE neo2 prosthetic aortic valve system. The implant and delivery system, which are not yet available for sale, had “a high procedural success rate and a low rate of paravalvular aortic regurgitation,” which is blood leaking around the valve, a month after implantation, according to […]
Winnebago Unveils All-Electric CT Lung Screening Truck
Winnebago, the famous maker of motorhomes, campers, and other recreational vehicles, has partnered with Samsung‘s health division and Motiv Power Systems, a California-based manufacturer of electric motors for cars and trucks, to create a fully electric mobile lung screening unit. Inside the quiet and environmentally friendly truck is a Samsung Neurologica BodyTom 32-slice CT scanner, itself battery powered […]
Microfluidic Device Corrals Viable Sperm for IVF
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a microfluidic device to rapidly isolate the strongest and fastest sperm from a sperm sample. The technique should help technicians during the IVF process, as the current method of isolating the most viable sperm is painstaking and can take hours for the manual effort to pay off. During IVF, […]
Veta Smart Case for Epinephrine Auto Injectors Now Available
Aterica, a Canadian company, is releasing its Veta smart case for epinephrine auto injectors (think EPIPEN). The device works in conjunction with a paired app to track usage of an auto-injector, as well as to monitor its location, its temperature, and expiration dates. The Veta is used in place of the standard cases that auto […]
Patient Verification and The State of Blockchain Adoption with Shyft Network CEO Bruce Silcoff
From prior authorization to cannabinoid oil, Medgadget has recently covered a range of companies leveraging blockchain technology to impact one or more aspects of healthcare. For this piece, similar to our conversation with technology thought leader David Houlding, we wanted to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. How broadly is blockchain being […]
Patient Verification and The State of Blockchain Adoption with Shyft Network CEO Bruce Silcoff
From prior authorization to cannabinoid oil, Medgadget has recently covered a range of companies leveraging blockchain technology to impact one or more aspects of healthcare. For this piece, similar to our conversation with technology thought leader David Houlding, we wanted to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. How broadly is blockchain being […]
Patient Verification and The State of Blockchain Adoption with Shyft Network CEO Bruce Silcoff
From prior authorization to cannabinoid oil, Medgadget has recently covered a range of companies leveraging blockchain technology to impact one or more aspects of healthcare. For this piece, similar to our conversation with technology thought leader David Houlding, we wanted to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. How broadly is blockchain being […]
Patient Verification and The State of Blockchain Adoption with Shyft Network CEO Bruce Silcoff
From prior authorization to cannabinoid oil, Medgadget has recently covered a range of companies leveraging blockchain technology to impact one or more aspects of healthcare. For this piece, similar to our conversation with technology thought leader David Houlding, we wanted to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. How broadly is blockchain being […]
Masimo’s Tiny Breathing Sensor Cleared for Tiny Patients in U.S.
Masimo won FDA clearance for its RAS-45 acoustic respiration sensor, used with the rainbow Acoustic Monitoring (RAM), to be used on infants and neonates. Previously, only patients over 22 pounds (10 kilograms) were eligible for RAM sensors, but the new clearance provides an easy way to monitor the rate of breathing in the tiniest patients. This […]
Doctors Pair with Artificial Intelligence to Improve Pneumonia Diagnosis
While AI may have a lot of potential to transform the future of medicine, humans are still much better at most complex intellectual tasks. The only thing that can be smarter than a human is a group of humans and new software from Unanimous AI, a company based in San Francisco, hopes to harness groups […]
New Device Vibrates Skull to Diagnose Cause of Dizziness
Dizziness can be caused by a different underlying health problems, but identifying which is the culprit is not trivial. One technique is called a VEMP test (Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials), which requires the patient to listen to exceedingly loud popping sounds. These sounds, via a natural reflex, trigger the muscles in the eyes and neck to […]
Focused Ultrasound and Intranasal Drug Delivery for Brain Cancer Therapy
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new method to bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver drugs to the brain, which could be particularly useful in difficult-to-treat brain tumors. The technique involves administering drugs through an intranasal spray, meaning that the drug can travel directly into the brain along the trigeminal and olfactory […]
Deton is Developing “Aerosol Biopsy” to Detect Lung Diseases
Biopsies and bronchoscopies are the gold standard for diagnosing lung diseases, including pneumonia and cancer. However, these procedures are difficult to provide, requiring general anesthesia and an operating room. Deton hopes to simplify the process. The Pasadena-based company takes advantage of the lung’s natural reaction to bacteria or particles — coughing it out. Rather than […]
Vendor and Supplier Qualification Program for FDA Regulated Industries
The FDA regulates manufacturers of medical products such as devices, pharmaceuticals, tissue products, and biologics. However, the regulations don’t usually extent to suppliers. Instead, the FDA expects the medical product manufacturer to implement an effective program to qualify and re-qualify suppliers for these regulated industries. An effective supplier qualification program has some specific elements including […]
New Features and Functionalities Released for Case Mobile App and Web
This past February, Medgadget spoke with Eric Kowalchyk, Co-Founder of Case, a mobile and web app to help scientists, clinicians, and researchers stay up-to-date on journal articles and publications in their areas of interest. Since the conversation, Case added a number of features and functionalities bolstering its offering. In May, Case added alerts that notify […]
Augmented Reality and Drones Help Remote Clinicians Assist First Responders in Emergencies
Engineers at Purdue University are combining technologies to create a system for remote physicians to assist first responders, in an intuitive way. The remote physician is able to use a large touchscreen TV to point to different parts of the body and describe how to perform lifesaving procedures. The live video stream from the scene […]