Exoskeletons have been used in rehabilitation to help paralyzed people walk on their own feet, as well as for military applications to allow soldiers to trek for long distances while carrying heavy loads. Ekso Bionics thinks a big market is for workers in all sorts of industries to be able to use heavy handheld equipment […]
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Exoskeletons have been used in rehabilitation to help paralyzed people walk on their own feet, as well as for military applications to allow soldiers to trek for long distances while carrying heavy loads. Ekso Bionics thinks a big market is for workers in all sorts of industries to be able to use heavy handheld equipment […]
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We reported on the innovative D-EYE digital ophthalmoscope a few weeks ago, and now shipping of the portable retinal imaging system has begun. The device promises easy imaging of the retina using a simple smartphone attachment, for relatively low cost. D-EYE sent us a review unit for the iPhone 6, and we’ve been testing it out […]
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Ophthalmoscopes aren’t the easiest things to use. Practicing for clinical exams, groups of medical students get together and when one exclaims “I SEE IT I SEE IT!”, nobody else seems to be able to verify the findings. I’m a second year medical student myself, and I think I’ve found one optic disc in an undilated pupil in all of my countless attempts. (Maybe.) Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have an easy-to-use solution that also records the image? When I heard about D-EYE, a smartphone lens attachment that turns a variety of smartphones into digital ophthalmoscopes, I was curious to find out what made it a good alternative.
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We previously mentioned that wearables were huge at the 2015 International CES a couple weeks ago, but with so many companies coming out with their own versions of fitness bands, we got excited when we would come across a wearable that was located on the body someplace other than your wrist.
JINS, a popular Japanese eyewear designer, has developed a smart pair of spectacles called the JINS MEME, that unlike Google’s attempt at intelligent eyewear, is something we wouldn’t feel ashamed to wear on a date.
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Alcon is looking to make a splash in the soft contacts arena with their new Dailies Total 1 (DT1) Water Gradient Contact Lenses. I had a chance to speak with Dr. Carla Mack, Alcon’s Director of Professional and Clinical Support, about how material science is changing the playing field for contact lens technology and to try out the new lenses on my own eyes. Dr. Mack brings a comprehensive background to her work with clinical, academic, research, and commercial experience including her former role as a Global Director at Bausch & Lomb.
Michael Batista, Medgadget: What are the unmet needs that Alcon set out to address with this new line of contact lenses?
At Medgadget we’re optimistic about the potential of IBM‘s Watson computer to improve clinical workflow and efficiency, which is why we were excited to learn about the first integration of Watson into an EMR. Modernizing Medicine has staked its claim in a relatively crowded EMR space by focusing on specialty-based medicine, such as dermatology and ophthalmology, as well as offering a structured data framework enabled by their mobile-compatible system. We spoke to the company’s CEO, Dan Cane, last year and decided to follow up with him again to learn more about the Watson integration and recap what the company does for those who have not heard about it.
Shiv Gaglani, Medgadget: What was the impetus for starting Modernizing Medicine?
In large part due to 2009′s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, there has been a proliferation of electronic medical record systems. Many of the largest providers, such as Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente, have seen a consolidation onto large systems like Epic, while many small to middle-sized providers continue to use direct to consumer type systems such as Practice Fusion. These systems are competing for market share and thus have built products that can be used by everyone from family physicians to neurosurgeons, often in a one-size-fits-all fashion.
We recently came across a relatively new EMR called Modernizing Medicine, which had a presence at both TEDMED and CONVERGE this year, that announced today that it received $14 million in equity funding. Their approach is to build focused systems for key specialties, starting with dermatology and moving to opthalmology and even orthopedic and plastic surgery. We had the opportunity to speak with Modernizing Medicine’s CEO and Co-founder, Daniel Cane, who is no stranger to building tech solutions for large industries; as an undergraduate at Cornell in the late 1990s he co-founded Blackboard, the largest learning management system in education.
Smart contact lenses are no longer science fiction. In the last few years we have covered several smart contact lenses with different purposes. One of these electronic contact lenses is the Sensimed Triggerfish, a device capable of continuous measurement of the intra-ocular pressure (IOP). It is the first of its kind, since current measurements of IOP, like applanation tonometry and air-puff tonometry, can only give us the IOP at a certain moment, whereas the Triggerfish can monitor the course of the IOP throughoutthe day. As we write this, the Triggerfish is already being clinically tested.
Medgadget had the chance to interview Dr. René Goedkoop, Chief Medical Officer of Sensimed, the Swiss company responsible for the Triggerfish, and get more details about the motivation and the fascinating technology inside the device.
TEDMED was not only an exciting event full of talks rich in practicality, inspiration, and information, but an opportunity to talk with the speakers and delegates in a comfortable setting about what they’re up to. Following their on-stage presentation, we sat down (in a darkly lit room) with Ramesh Raskar and PhD student Everett Lawson of MIT’s Media Lab to discuss their latest light-based technology and how it will impact clinical care.