Stroke rehabilitation as a field of research holds great promise in improving how patients recover. Unlike other organs, the brain’s neuroplasticity allows it to functionally reshape itself in beneficial ways. But it doesn’t do it on its own, so targeted interventions that require patient participation are key to optimal outcomes. There (Read more...)
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CES 2020: OMRON VitalSight Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote patient monitoring has gone from novelty to necessity in a matter of months thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, allowing clinicians to keep an eye on their patients provides a number of important benefits even during “normal” times. At this year’s CES, which is a virtual event this year, Omron presented its VitalSi (Read more...)
Opticyte Secures $4.6 Million in Funding to Develop First Cell O2 Monitor for Reducing Organ Failure
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Opticyte, Inc, a medical device innovator developing proprietary advanced algorithms and tailored optical spectroscopy technology to measure and detect low oxygen levels in cells to prevent organ failure, announced the recent …
Cooling Vest Helps COVID Clinicians with Heat Stress
Researchers from the Radboud University Medical Center in The Netherlands have trialed cooling vests, originally designed for elite athletes, in nursing staff who have to put in long shifts in COVID-19 wards wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE). While essential, the protective equipment can lead to significant discomfort in the form of (Read more...)
10 Second COVID Antibody Test on a Chip
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a microfluidic chip that can provide rapid COVID-19 antibody tests. The electrochemical test can detect very low concentrations of antibodies in blood samples, and transmits the results to a smartphone. The test could help to measure patient responses to vaccines and determine if they have be (Read more...)
EnChroma Names Vision Industry Veteran Erik Ritchie as CEO
BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #colorforall–EnChroma Names Vision Industry Veteran Erik Ritchie as CEO – Former Zenni Optical Executive to Guide Leader in Solutions for Color Blindness
3D Imaging Illuminates Internal Structure of Brain Spheroids
Researchers at the Wyss Center in Geneva and collaborators have developed novel imaging and labeling techniques to view the internal structure of brain spheroids, and observe the morphology of single neurons in 3D. Brain spheroids, which the researchers term “mini brains,” are a cluster of different types of brain cells, and are culture (Read more...)
Nanodroplets and Ultrasound to Drill Through Blood Clots
Penetrating compacted and extensive blood clots has been one of the main challenges of vascular surgery. Various catheter-based devices have been invented and are in use today, but many patients present with plaques that are just too difficult even for the finest existing devices. Now, researchers at North Carolina State University and University o (Read more...)
Study reveals a brain mechanism underlying visual hallucinations in the blind
Some people have lost their eyesight, but they continue to “see.” This phenomenon, a kind of vivid visual hallucination, is named after the Swiss doctor, Charles Bonnet, who described in 1769 how his completely blind grandfather experienced vivid, deta…
Eye Changes May Identify Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers have identified changes in the eye in patients with Parkinson’s disease that can be seen with noninvasive, inexpensive imaging equipment. Medscape Medical News
2020 On-site Mobile Clinic Achieves Excellent Air Quality and Professional Standards with STERIS and Emmes Optym Certification
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–2020 On-site is the first mobile clinic in the industry to receive certifications from Emmes Optym and STERIS.
Strados RESP Monitors Lung Sounds, Now FDA Cleared
Strados Labs, a company based in Philadelphia, PA, but with R&D offices in Atlanta, GA, won FDA clearance to introduce its RESP system for monitoring lung sounds. The RESP device has already been employed in clinical trials to help monitor how various therapies, patient reports, and other vital signs correlate with changes in lung sounds. [&hel (Read more...)
COVIDLAND: A Film About Survival and Hope in the ICU
"The people that survive this keep giving me hope." A critical care physician allows a filmmaker to shadow her in the COVID ward of the ICU. Watch now. Medscape Infectious Diseases
Global Visual Impairment Market to Surpass US$ 8,130.3 Million by 2027, Says Coherent Market Insights (CMI)
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Blindness–North America is estimated to hold the largest market share in the global visual impairment market in 2020.
Magnetic Nanoparticles Deliver Chem and Heat Cancer Cells for Synergistic Effects
Researchers at University College London have shown that tiny magnetic nanoparticles could enhance cancer treatment. The particles can deliver chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells and also produce a mild heating effect when stimulated with an external alternating magnetic field. Combining particle-mediated heat treatment and chemotherapy resulted in (Read more...)
Dexter Surgical Robot Works with All Laparoscopy Tools
Robotic laparoscopic surgery is now widely available, with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci systems being the most common robots out there. These systems typically require specialty tools provided by the robot manufacturer, and the selection is quite limited compared with the wide array of conventional laparoscopic tools that exist. Now, Distalm (Read more...)
Novel low molecular weight dextran-sulphate could play a key role in glaucoma treatment
Scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, have shown that a novel low molecular weight dextran-sulphate, ILB® could play a key role in treating open angle glaucoma (OAG), a neurodegenerative disease that affects over 70 million people worldwide a…
Ocular Therapeutix™ Promotes Michael Goldstein, MD, MBA, to President, Ophthalmology and Appoints Rabia Gurses Ozden, MD as Senior Vice President, Clinical Development
BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $OCUL #OCUTX–Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, today a…
Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ Vivity, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.
GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ VivityTM, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.
Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ Vivity, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.
GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alcon Announces Launch of AcrySof IQ VivityTM, the First and Only Non-Diffractive Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lens in the U.S.