iSchemaView, of Redwood City, California, won FDA clearance for its RAPID CTA imaging software for CT angiography. The package helps to visualize and analyze brain vasculature, including highlighting areas of lower than normal vessel density and providing 3D tools such as rotation and zoom to give a better idea of the relevant anatomy. Product page (Read more...)
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“Smart” Training Devices Alleviate Concerns of Self-Injection: Interview with Noble International’s Joe Reynolds
Most patients encounter shots and injections, like the flu vaccine, in the context of a clinic or local pharmacy. However, for many patients, shots and injections are not an annual occurrence but are required frequently and, as a result, need to be self-administered at home. Biologic drugs have recently found success addressing chronic disease (Read more...)
Retinal Prosthesis Made Using Organic Inks Could Help Restore Sight to the Blind
Researchers in Sweden and Israel are collaborating to design a simple retinal prosthetic device that could help restore sight to people with certain types of blindness. A chunk of the photoactive film is similar to a pixel in a digital camera sensor, and can convert light impulses to electrical signals to stimulate nerve cells in […]
EEG Shown Effective at Predicting Onset of Autism
Diagnosing autism early in kid’s life can help to mitigate its future development. Now researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital are reporting in journal Scientific Reports that they were able to use EEG (electroencephalography) to predict the onset of autism or rule out its development with impressive accuracy. A group of children wa (Read more...)
Squeezing Cells to Push Therapeutic Macromolecules Into Them
Large molecules are hard to work with and getting them to end up inside of cells is a particular challenge. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed an easy way of doing this, which may help to hurry the introduction of cell-based therapies including those involving introducing genetically edited cells into the body. The Georgia Tech’s [&he (Read more...)
A Brief Look at Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Last month, Dexcom received FDA approval for the latest version of its continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, the G6. Amongst a number of improvements to the system, the most highly-anticipated new feature was the elimination of required fingersticks to calibrate the system. We received a (non-functional) demo of the Dexcom G6 system containin (Read more...)
The Life and Times of HIV
Janet Iwasa, a professor at the University of Utah, has helped to create a website where people can learn about HIV. As part of the project, the Science of HIV website has released this fascinating video that gives a great overview of the process and how it interacts with the body’s immune system. More […]
Fitbit Versa: Medgadget Reviews One of The Best Fitness Wearables
An already crowded smartwatch/fitness & health tracker space just got a little more congested with the recent release of Fitbit‘s latest smartwatch. The new Fitbit Versa is the company’s latest attempt to claim a slice of the smartwatch pie currently dominated by Apple and Samsung. Fitbit, of course, is no stranger to wearables; the (Read more...)
Ford’s Feel The View System Lets Visually Impaired People Glimpse Outside Car’s Window
Ford is aiming to make car rides a bit more interesting for blind people and those with very limited vision. A company’s team in Italy, working with Aedo, a firm developing technologies for people with visual impairments, and GTB, a marketing agency, have developed a system they call Feel The View. When the user presses […]
Fluorescent Particles Bind to Cancer Cells to Spot and Diagnose Tumors
Mammograms have become extremely useful in identifying suspect lesions that may be cancer, but biopsies are still required to actually find out whether the tissue is cancerous. Researchers at University of Michigan have developed a molecule, which can be delivered in pill form, that connects to cell surface receptors on certain types of cancer cell (Read more...)
Contact Lenses to Correct Color Perception in Color Blind People
Color correcting glasses have now been available for a few years, Enchroma being the most competitive firm in this business. While they provide impressive results, wearing glasses is not for everyone and combining color correcting qualities into complex lenses is not always easy. Now researchers at Birmingham University in the UK have developed a c (Read more...)
Project to Develop Virus-Resistant Human Cells for Clinical Applications
Harvard’s Wyss Institute is partnering with Cellectis, a company working on immunotherapy technology involving editing the genes of allogeneic CAR T-cells, to create “virus-resistant human cells.” These would be used to produce therapeutic products and to create new cell-based clinical therapies. More from the Wyss Institute (Read more...)
Brain’s Mysteries May Be Revealed with MIT’s Neuron Activity Sensor
Functional MRI (fMRI) imaging has provided an amazing look into the activities happening inside the brain. Specifically, it allows scientists to study intra cerebral blood flow under the scalp, which is indicative of the goings-on of neurons in the vicinity of the flowing blood. Therefore this is an indirect measurement, which is a pretty crude [&h (Read more...)
Blink’s TwitchView for Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring
Blink Device Company, a firm based in Seattle, Washington, won FDA clearance for and is releasing in the United States its TwitchView monitor. The device is used for monitoring the depth of neuromoscular blockade under anesthesia, and the company claims it is the first standalone electromyography (EMG) monitor available in the U.S. The company is [ (Read more...)
The WAVE Patient Surveillance and Predictive Algorithm Platform: Interview with Mark Koppel, CMO of Excel Medical
Excel Medical, a medtech company based in Jupiter, Florida, has developed the WAVE patient surveillance and predictive algorithm platform. The system monitors patient physiological information, such as vital signs, in healthcare facilities. It then aggregates, integrates and displays this data in a variety of formats, including through smartphones, (Read more...)
The WAVE Patient Surveillance and Predictive Algorithm Platform: Interview with Mark Koppel, CMO of Excel Medical
Excel Medical, a medtech company based in Jupiter, Florida, has developed the WAVE patient surveillance and predictive algorithm platform. The system monitors patient physiological information, such as vital signs, in healthcare facilities. It then aggregates, integrates and displays this data in a variety of formats, including through smartphones, (Read more...)
Bacteria Carrying Red Blood Cells as Microswimmers to Deliver Drugs Inside Body
Man-made nano and micro particles are a dime a dozen these days, with all sorts of mechanisms built-in to deliver drugs, help spot cancer, and destroy tumors. Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a much more natural approach, combining red blood cells with bacteria to ferry cargoes rapid (Read more...)
Bacteria Carrying Red Blood Cells as Microswimmers to Deliver Drugs Inside Body
Man-made nano and micro particles are a dime a dozen these days, with all sorts of mechanisms built-in to deliver drugs, help spot cancer, and destroy tumors. Now researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a much more natural approach, combining red blood cells with bacteria to ferry cargoes rapid (Read more...)
t:slim X2 Insulin Pump with Dexcom G5 CGM Connectivity Cleared in EU
Tandem Diabetes Care finally won European regulatory clearance to introduce its t:slim X2 insulin pump. The device can be reprogrammed and upgraded in order to be able to interface with other devices and to take advantage of newly introduced algorithms and features. As a major first capability provided by this is the compatibility with [&hel (Read more...)
New Technique to Measure Brain Blood Flow Using Light
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a new method to measure blood flow in the brain using light. The method could provide a cheaper and more robust way to assess patients with traumatic brain injuries or stroke. The technique is based on the principle that shining a laser light through someone’s skull […]