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The 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...

January 7, 2016

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ORNL 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...

January 7, 2016

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Startup 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...

December 3, 2015

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5 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...

November 30, 2015

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Measure 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...

November 6, 2015

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Is 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...

October 28, 2015

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Trice 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...

October 14, 2015