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Chinese Folk Art: A Sticky New Solution for Bandages & Wearable Electronics

By David Beck | April 23, 2018 | Insights, News, Wearables | 0 Comments

Medical professionals and patients alike have long been frustrated by bandages that do not properly stick, or easily become unglued–but MIT may have devised a sticky solution with a thin, lightweight, rubberlike film.

3D Imagery Takes Patients on Virtual Tour of their GI Treatment

By David Beck | April 20, 2018 | News, Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medical Technology | 0 Comments

Technology continues to play a major role in communications between patients and physicians, with the potential to further educate consumers on the ways in which they can be treated.

3D Imagery Takes Patients on Virtual Tour of their GI Treatment

Quality in Medical Devices: Report Provides a Roadmap

By David Beck | April 18, 2018 | Insights, Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

With an abundance of medical device products vying for attention and approval in the marketplace, the issue of product quality has become a chief concern for the medical community.

Uber Health to Transport Patients Using Text Messaging

By David Beck | April 16, 2018 | Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

Uber is introducing a new service that provides transportation for patients to and from healthcare facilities. Called Uber Health, the service allows healthcare professionals to summon rides for patients going to and from healthcare destinations.

Uber Health to Transport Patients Using Text Messaging

Mass General Turns to AI to Improve Medical Imaging Quality

By David Beck | April 13, 2018 | AI / Machine Learning, News | 0 Comments

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have come up with a new technique based on artificial intelligence and machine learning that allows clinicians to acquire higher quality images without having to collect additional data. In a paper appearing in the journal Nature, this technique is referred to as AUTOMAP (Automated Transform By Manifold Approximation).

Digital Therapeutics: Expanding Role of Medical Technology

By David Beck | April 11, 2018 | Insights, Patient Software / Programs | 0 Comments

Technology-based health management solutions are now at the forefront of efforts to treat chronic health problems. Referred to as digital therapeutics, these solutions rely on providing behavior changes to patients.

Digital Therapeutics: Expanding Role of Medical Technology

Wearable Brain Scanner Breaking New Ground in Neural Care

By David Beck | April 9, 2018 | Medical Devices, News | 1 Comment

British scientists have discovered a next-generation wearable brain scanner that can be worn like a helmet and allows patients to move freely while being scanned. This is said to be a development that could have great impact on neural care for children and the elderly.
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New Eye Drops Tested Could Make Eye Glasses Obsolete

By David Beck | April 5, 2018 | Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

If new eye drops developed by a team of Israeli ophthalmologists work as well in human eyes as they do in pigs, eyeglasses may be a thing of the past.

Led by Dr. David Smadja, a research team at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials created the eye drops that have been found to repair the corneas and improve short and long sightedness. The nanoparticle solution called “nanodrops” was successfully used on pigs’ corneas.

New Eye Drops Tested Could Make Eye Glasses Obsolete

Medtronic’s Diabetes Monitoring Device Gains FDA Approval

By David Beck | April 4, 2018 | Medical Devices, News | 0 Comments

The Guardian Connect monitoring system, a small wireless device for people with diabetes, has been approved by the Food & Drug Administration. According to its manufacturer, Medtronics, the GCM system is the first smart standalone system to help people with diabetes stay ahead of high and low glucose events.
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AI Mission: Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

By David Beck | April 2, 2018 | AI / Machine Learning, Insights | 0 Comments

According to experts in the field there’s no sure way to diagnose Alzheimer’s. There are individual tests or brain scans that can uncover the disease. Physicians can check out a patient’s medical history and observations reported by family members or health-care workers.

AI Mission: Detect Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

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