For those excited for, but unable to attend, Exponential Medicine 2017 conference this week organized by Singularity University, can check out the event’s live stream to tune in for a wide range of speakers, presentations, and announcements. This year’s event speakers include some perennial favorites and a couple new faces: Daniel Kraft, MD Faculty Chair for […]
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microMend, a Novel and Time-Saving Wound Closure Device
Sutures and staples are the usual options for closing wounds postoperatively, but they can be painful and require surgical skills. The microMend Skin Closure Device, produced by Seattle-based KitoTech Medical, provides a potentially better alternative. The design of the microMend is conceptually similar to a bandage, like Steri-Strip. The device is made of a thin […]
trans-Tango, a Brain Network Mapping Technique to Help Understand Neuro Diseases
Researchers at Brown University have developed a practical new way of imaging the activity between individual neurons in the brain, providing scientists with a powerful tool to study neural diseases, their causes, and potential treatments. The technology has been trialed in fruit flies and has already resulted in previously unmapped neural circuits related to eating […]
Microfluidic Device for Onco Chemo Testing
Chemotherapy can be very difficult on patients, but finding out that the cancer didn’t respond to the chemo is even more disturbing. Soon there may be a way to try different chemo agents on a patient’s own tumor cells taken during a biopsy. Researchers at Purdue University have developed a microfluidic system inside which tumor […]
AcQMap, Now FDA Cleared, Images Heart from Inside Using Ultrasound, Electrical Dipole Density Mapping
Acutus Medical, a company headquartered in Carlsbad, California, won FDA clearance for its AcQMap High Resolution Imaging and Mapping System, as well as the accompanying AcQMap 3D Imaging and Mapping Catheter. The catheter uses ultrasound and more traditional electrical tissue conduction mapping to create a unique live view inside the heart that combines the physical mechanics […]
FDA Cleares BRH-A2 to Treat Serious Wounds Using Electric Fields and Ultrasound
BRH Medical, a company based in Jerusalem, Israel, won FDA clearance for its BRH-A2 system that uses ultrasound and electricity to heal deep and chronic wounds. Using the two methods allows to speed up the healing of the wound while reducing pain during treatment. Both electric fields and ultrasound energy are delivered into and under […]
How Tracing Your Ancestors Could Improve Your Health: Interview with Dr. Ian Zinck, Head of Science and Research at Athletigen
Athletigen is a genetics company with offices in Halifax and Toronto, Canada, that offers advice to athletes and exercise enthusiasts to help maintain and improve their health, based on their genetic data. Customers can get their DNA sequenced, and then based on their unique genetic traits, Athletigen will identify genetic variants that can impact a […]
Augmented Reality May Obviate Radioactivity for Lymph Node Removals
Lymph nodes are common pathways for certain cancers to spread, requiring surgical removal. These days lymph nodes are visualized using gamma ray imagers that spot the radioactive Technetium-99m tracer that’s injected near a tumor. This is a slow process that exposes patients to a good deal of radiation, but augmented reality (AR) technology may help overcome […]
Healcerion Receives FDA Clearance for New SONON 300L Wireless, App-based Ultrasound System
Healcerion, based in South Korea, was the first company to receive FDA clearance for their wireless, app-based ultrasound system back in 2015. The groundbreaking work done by South Korean engineers and scientists laid the foundation for the development of an ultrasound transducer that works with most smartphones or tablets. Since introducing the SONON 300C convex […]
Cheap, Easy to Integrate Technology Converts Any 2D Ultrasound Machine into 3D Scanner
Portable ultrasound technology is improving and becoming more affordable, allowing it to be used in places previously impossible due to size and cost. Full size ultrasound imagers can do some impressive stuff, such as creating 3D reconstructions obtained from 2D probes. Now researchers at Duke University are introducing incredibly cheap and easy to integrate technology […]
From Data Management to Leader in Healthcare Informatics: Interview with Information Builders’ Michael Corcoran
In an age in which data is generated at faster rates than ever before, the struggle to streamline and interpret the plethora of available information has been the core driver for many business analytics companies. The challenge is arguably more pressing in an environment as complex as a hospital, where data is constantly gathered at […]
Healthcare Analytics at the Information Builders Summit
Every summer the business analytics and data management company, Information Builders, holds a conference to bring together thousands of company employees, representatives from international conglomerates, and a variety of other attendees. With upwards of 140 presentations and technical workshops spanning three days, there is always something to learn for everyone. This year, Medgadget was invited […]
Artificial Beta Cells Can Release Insulin On-Demand
Researchers from the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University have developed artificial beta cells that can release insulin in response to rising glucose levels in the blood stream. The technology could be used to treat diabetes through subcutaneous injections of the cells into patients, or gradual delivery using a skin patch. The […]
World’s First MRI Compatible Patient Monitor Cleared by FDA
Traditional vital signs monitors found in most patient hospital rooms can’t be taken into the MRI suite, as that may lead to tragicomic consequences. A patient requiring close monitoring has to be transferred to a specialty monitor attached to a heavy cart that prevents it from being sucked into the bore of the MRI’s magnet, […]
Optical Fiber Pajamas Light Up to Treat Jaundice in Newborns
Kids born with jaundice have to spend a good deal of time in an illuminated incubator before they can metabolize bilirubin hepatically. Nobody likes this, as the child has to be taken away from the parents to spend time inside a glass box. At the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), a new […]
AI Reads Brainwaves to Assess Preterm Brain Maturity
Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital have created the first AI that is capable of estimating the functional brain maturity of pre-term babies. The software interprets electroencephalography (EEG) measurements taken from preterm infants to make calculations about the brain’s functional maturity. Based on machine learning, the software calculates the brain maturity […]
Hologic Releases MyoSure MANUAL for In-Office Intrauterine Tissue Removal
Hologic is releasing in the U.S. its MyoSure MANUAL device for in-office removal of intrauterine fibroids and polyps. It’s used with the company’s MyoSure hysteroscope, which provides direct visualization. The device has a blade that can be rotated a full 360° and the treatment doesn’t require cauterization. The MyoSure MANUAL doesn’t require a separate vacuum or fluid […]
Researchers Stick Microscopes Inside Mouse Brains to Watch Live Neuro Activity
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way of implanting an optical lens directly into the amygdala of a living mouse’s brain to watch the neural activity taking place. The lens is a thin glass rod that is pushed deep into the brain, while an imaging microscope connected to it lets the scientists […]
Abbott’s Confirm Rx Implantable Cardiac Monitor Connects to Smartphones, FDA Cleared
The folks at Abbott received FDA clearance for the Confirm Rx implantable cardiac monitoring device that wirelessly connects to the patient’s smartphone. Cardiac recordings pass from the device to the smartphone and then onto the company’s online portal where cardiologists can view the data at any time. By being able to immediately share events with […]
Shift Labs Wins 2017 Global Health Innovator Award at The MedTech Conference
Shift Labs is the winner of the 2017 Global Health Innovator Award. The award was presented at The MedTech Conference which took place last month in Santa Clara, CA. This is the award’s inaugural year and was a result of the conference’s new Innovations in Global Health Program, which puts a focus on medical innovation […]