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Is Apple’s Latest Watch a Medical Device?

By Nathalie Gedeon | October 25, 2018 | Insights, Wearables | 0 Comments

Since its initial release in September, the new Apple Watch Series 4 has been primarily marketed as an innovative wearable medical device.

AI Utilized to Help Predict Personality

By David Beck | August 27, 2018 | AI / Machine Learning, Insights | 0 Comments

Is science reality starting to resemble science fiction? Recently, researchers from multiple universities wrote a paper in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience that purportedly showed how AI can predict people’s personalities by studying their eye movements.

RFID Technology Demonstrates Multiple Benefits in Healthcare

By David Beck | August 24, 2018 | Insights, Medical Technology | 0 Comments

Radio Frequency Identification is a technology that uses radio waves for data collection and transfer, often without human intervention—and it is being increasingly used by healthcare organizations to potentially reduce risk.

Using Fitbit and Virtual Games to Promote Exercise

By David Beck | August 16, 2018 | Insights, Wearables | 0 Comments

It is widely known that exercise and physical activity help combat chronic disease, and promote overall health & wellness; yet in the past decade, there has been a proliferation of specific devices and methods to promote more frequent exercise.

Using Fitbit and Virtual Games to Promote Exercise

AI Detects Glucose Changes in Diabetics

By David Beck | August 10, 2018 | AI / Machine Learning, Insights, News | 0 Comments

Recently emerging innovative technology could dramatically change how millions of people monitor their blood sugar levels: an approach that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and radar technology, including high-frequency radio waves to monitor blood sugar levels without the need for finger pricking.

Real-Time Diagnostics Boosted by New Imaging Technique

By David Beck | July 16, 2018 | Insights, Medical Technology, News | 0 Comments

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois have come up with a microscope system that can image living tissue in real time and in molecular detail, without any chemicals or dyes. The new technology could boost cancer study.

Real-Time Diagnostics Boosted by New Imaging Technique

Safeguarding Medical Devices Discussed at Hospital Security Meeting

By David Beck | July 2, 2018 | Insights, Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

A private security firm called TrapX Labs, recently set up a sting operation to gauge the impact of hackers on hospital security systems. It documented how financially motivated computer hackers attacking a decoy hospital network can make changes in networked devices like CT scanners in ways that can compromise patient safety. The hospital network was fake, but attackers were real, TrapX said.

Plastic Sensors Can Diagnose Many Health Conditions

By David Beck | June 29, 2018 | Insights, Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

Made from semiconducting plastic, a low-cost sensor has the capability to monitor a wide range of health conditions, such as surgical complications or neurodegenerative diseases.

Plastic Sensors Can Diagnose Many Health Conditions

Customized Telemedicine Rehab

By David Beck | June 25, 2018 | Insights, News, Patient Software / Programs | 0 Comments

Rehabilitation is required for anyone who must get an artificial hip or knee joint. The problem is taking the time away from work to make appointments. Thus patients often do not get the follow up care required to help them recover. But soon, rehabilitation may be possible in the patient’s own home. Read More

Radio Waves Power Implant Devices Without Batteries

By David Beck | June 15, 2018 | Insights, Medical Devices, News | 1 Comment

What if medical devices could be inserted or implanted into the body, without needing to be powered by batteries? Such devices could potentially be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions, or treat disease by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

Radio Waves Power Implant Devices Without Batteries

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