Diagnostics & Healthcare News
Biotech & Medical Device Companies Make Significant Sales Growth Progress with Advanced Healthcare Products
Industry experts forecast continued growth for the biotech – healthcare products industry, especially for medical device market projected to reach new levels as innovative applications & technologies move sector forward. Healthcare services and medical device product companies with recent developments of importance in the markets are PositiveID Corporation (OTC: PSID), Electromed, Inc. (NYSE: ELMD),…
Read MoreMaquet Unveils Two New Advanced ICU Ventilators
Maquet Medical is releasing two new ICU ventilators, one general purpose for most patients and one designed for support in neonates and infants. The SERVO-U and SERVO-n mechanical ventilators were designed to feature an intuitive interface while offering advanced patient specific capabilities such as NAVA (Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist). The SERVO-U is a ventilator that works with patients…
Read MoreA Hearing Test You Can Take On The Phone
Hearing loss can have a negative impact on work. It can lead to social isolation. It can even contribute to dementia. And one-third of Americans 65 and older have some level of hearing impairment. Typically they wait years to get tested. But there’s a scientifically validated hearing test that you can take over the telephone…
Read MoreThe World’s First Wireless, Continuous, Fully Disposable Pulse Oximeter
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — True Wearables, Inc., a medical device start-up based in Orange County, CA, announced today Oxxiom, the world’s first wireless, continuous, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter. Oxxiom measures arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate (PR), and perfusion index (PI). True Wearables’ innovative design has combined the electronics and…
Read MoreORNL cell-free protein synthesis is potential lifesaver
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 29, 2015 – Lives of soldiers and others injured in remote locations could be saved with a cell-free protein synthesis system developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The device, a creation of a team led by Andrea Timm and Scott Retterer of the lab’s Biosciences Division, uses…
Read MoreStartup licenses Purdue syringe design to improve concentrated dosages of insulin
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., and INDIANAPOLIS – The founder of a medical device startup based on a Purdue University innovation says his company could help people in the advanced stages of diabetes, which affects more than 9 percent of the population in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kyle Hultgren,…
Read More5 medical devices featured in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2015
Each year innovators are venturing to take technology to the next level, and in TIME’s annual ‘Best Inventions’ list for 2015, five medical devices made the mark. Here they are: 6SensorLabs’ Nima: It’s not often that a medical device is considered cute, but this one fits the bill. Many people (as we know more than…
Read MoreMeasure Blood Flow Through Skin Sensor
The Rogers Research Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have expanded on their flexible skin sensor technology to measure blood flow in vessels 1 to 2 millimeters under the skin. Current methods to measure blood flow in a clinical setting rely on optical imaging techniques that require patients to remain still for the…
Read MoreIs Medtech Holding the Future of Wireless Power?
Eight years after it was founded with MIT-based technology, WiTricity appears ready for the bigtime with its wireless resonant energy transfer system, which is based on finely tuned oscillating magnetic fields between coils at a distance. WiTricity (Watertown, MA) has an agreement with Intel to power computing devices over a distance without a cord. And…
Read MoreTrice Imaging, Inc. and FUJIFILM SonoSite Announce iViz Portable Ultrasound Device Integration at Health 2.0
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trice Imaging, a leading provider in the medical image management industry, announced today at Health 2.0 the integration of Tricefy into FUJIFILM SonoSite’s latest portable ultrasound device. The iViz, which was recently CE marked for sale in Europe and currently pending FDA 510(k) clearance, is the latest point-of-care visualization solution by FUJIFILM SonoSite and includes Trice sharing, collaboration…
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