Wearable devices with body sensors have been seen by many as a way to get the general public to be better aware of their overall health. It’s a nice idea, but it still requires people to remember to wear their devices, to check up on the readings via the smartphone, and to recharge the devices […]
Tag: Telemedicine
Smart Prosthetic with Sensors That Talk Directly to Cellular Networks
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 [&h (Read more...)
OMRON Unveils Blood Pressure Monitor for Obese People
OMRON is unveiling a new automatic wrist blood pressure monitor specifically designed and validated for obese patients. The OMRON RS7 Intelli IT is planned to go on sale in Europe for €99 later this year. In order to guarantee accuracy of BP measurements, the new device has a special LED position sensor that helps to make sure [&hell (Read more...)
VistaTablet for Monitoring Patients’ Eight Vital Signs from Anywhere
VitalConnect, a Silicon Valley firm, is releasing its brand new patient-monitoring handheld interface for its VitalPatch vitals monitor. The VistaTablet and and VitalPatch are both part of the company’s Vista Solution, which allows clinicians to keep an eye on their patients ECG, heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, skin temp (Read more...)
Wearables for a World Without Disease: Interview with imec’s Chris Van Hoof
Medgadget was recently invited to attend the imec Technology Forum conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Imec is a non-profit R&D innovation organization specializing in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. Like many digital hardware companies, imec saw a lot of potential in healthcare technologies and started researching them about 12 years ago (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...)
Philips Unveils First Live Tele-Ultrasound System
Philips, in a partnership with Innovative Imaging Technologies, a company out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is releasing the first telemedicine system that transmits live ultrasound images during scans performed by a paramedic or nurse to a physician’s smartphone, tablet, or computer. Audio and video are shared as well, allowing physician (Read more...)
An Exclusive with Christine Storm of Philips on FocusPoint and Tele-ICU Innovations
In February 2018, Philips announced the debut of FocusPoint, a network application management system to help improve biomedical and IT department productivity. Depending on the size of a health system, there can be hundreds to thousands of medical devices and network equipment, making it difficult for IT and biomedical staff to have visibility into (Read more...)
Thermal Cameras and Analytics for Patient Monitoring: Interview with Paul Baratta of Axis Communications
Axis Communications, a provider of network video technologies, offers a range of intelligent security solutions. While such technology is traditionally used for security purposes, the company also developed a range of thermal cameras that can be coupled with an analytics system to automatically detect incidents in healthcare facilities, such as pat (Read more...)
Exelus Creates Nomadeec, An Exciting Interactive HoloLens Telemedicine Platform
Flashback to the Google Glass craze of 2013. People were vying to get an invite onto the “Glass Explorers” list in order to buy the prototype that would bring us one step closer to actualizing the scenes in the movie Minority Report of Tom Cruise interacting with a holographic computer projection in front of him. […]
Stethee, an AI Powered Electronic Stethoscope, Now Available
M3DICINE, a Brisbane, Australia firm, just launched an “AI enabled” electronic stethoscope called Stethee. The device, which we originally profiled a few years ago while it was still a Kickstarter project, can be used like a traditional stethoscope to auscultate patients, but to also amplify, filter, and record sounds, as well as to ana (Read more...)
Broadcasting Surgeries With Ease: Interview with B-Hive Co-Creator Steven Thekan
A great deal of advanced medical training involves witnessing surgeries and listening to the guidance, suggestions, and recommendations of the people performing them. Typically, this is done on-site, which often involves costly travel expenses plus a lot of time wasted simply getting to the lesson. There are alternatives available, such as hiring a (Read more...)
SleepScore Max by SleepScore Labs: CEO Interview & Product Review
At the beginning of this year, Medgadget spoke with Colin Lawlor, CEO of SleepScore Labs about the company’s S+ non-contact sleep monitoring technology. Last month, we again heard from SleepScore Labs about their new SleepScore Max sleep monitoring system, an upgrade to the original S+. Since then, Medgadget was able to give the Sle (Read more...)
KardiaBand for The Apple Watch Records ECG, Detects Atrial Fibrillation
Watching the rhythm of your heart is getting quite a bit easier. AliveCor, the originators of the to-go ECG smartphone market, have announced FDA clearance of the KardiaBand single-lead ECG device for the Apple Watch. The device is capable of detecting atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder that’s difficult to diagnose, and (Read more...)
Introducing Loop Vital Signs Wearable Monitor from SpryHealth
SpryHealth, previously Echo Labs, is announcing the launch of Loop, a clinical-grade wearable designed to enable improved health outcomes through continuous vital sign monitoring and early detection of clinical deterioration. SpryHealth was founded by Pierre-Jean “PJ” Cobut and Elad Ferber out of the Stanford Graduate School o (Read more...)
S+, Setting a New Standard in Consumer and Clinical Sleep Technology: Interview with Colin Lawlor, CEO of SleepScore Labs
Launched a little under four months ago, the S+ platform is the newest technology disrupting the $60B consumer sleep industry. Developed by SleepScore Labs, a joint venture between ResMed, a 25-year leader in prescription sleep medical devices, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Pegasus Capital Advisors, the S+ is a clinical grade, non-prescription, non-contact sl (Read more...)
DOT Telemedicine Backpack, an All-in-One Solution Brings Remote Doctors Anywhere
A company called swyMed out of Lexington, Massachusetts is releasing a portable telemedicine solution designed to link patients with doctors, whether they are at home, in an ambulance, or in a hard to reach location. The plug-and-play solution can be quickly deployed to begin a consultation, particularly important in emergency scenarios. The DOT Te (Read more...)
Canon’s Telemedicine Technology Improves Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy (Interviews)
While this editor has often covered digital health within startups and early-stage projects, telemedicine innovation is not just the purview of small companies and healthcare incubators. Since 1976, Canon, Inc., the same multinational corporation that has been making cameras and other imaging devices since 1937, has also been involve (Read more...)