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Eye Examinations via iPhone
Visoclip and Visoscope iPhone Eye Exams
In 1915, Francis Welch and William Allyn began a company that made the first handheld [MORE]
A Synthetic Bed for Growing Out Stem Cells
D= Stem Cells Grown on Synthetic Material
In some cases of regenerating tissue from stem cells, scientists grow out the stem [MORE]
Geisinger’s Refund Policy
Refund
Tagline’s usual beat is medicine’s science and technology, which this story doesn’t address. Rather it speaks to the art of [MORE]
Nanoparticles for Converting White Fat to Brown
MIT Obesity NanoParticle
In proof-of-concept work, researchers at MIT have shown that novel polymer nanoparticles, loaded with two known anti-obesity drugs, [MORE]
Terahertz Radiation through a 3-D Printed Lens for Medical Imaging
Terahertz Lens
Terahertz radiation exists in the EM spectrum between microwave and infrared. It has several advantages in imaging such as [MORE]
Hardware-in-the-Loop for Medical Devices
Hardware in the Loop
The “hardware-in-the-loop method,” associate with automobile manufacturing, may actually be modern take on interchangeable parts, though the [MORE]
Designing Home Health Monitors
Home Health Monitoring
This piece offers a checklist of considerations in designing or redesigning consumer health products, taking into consideration such [MORE]
University of Washington’s “Spiro Call” for Lung Assessment
Testing SpiroSmart
Over the years we’ve seen a few smartphone applications for measuring lung function as a spirometer does. But in [MORE]
Automatically Calibrated Robot for Supply Chain Management
Kinema Pick Robot
Hospital supply managers handle an enormous range of items from delicate instruments to bed dressings, and cleaning solvents. [MORE]
Extended Release Pill that Attaches to the GI Tract
MIT GI Tract Drug Delivery
Research engineers at MIT have devised a two-sided pill, where one side sticks to mucosal tissue [MORE]
Artificial Placentas Outside the Body for Extreme Preterm Babies
Artificial Placenta
In 1975 University of Michigan surgeon developed the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation technology (ECMO) that has been used widely to [MORE]
Blood Glucose-Powered Pacemakers
Biobattery for Pacemakers
You may remember from childhood being fascinated by sticking a copper penny into a potato, and then inserting [MORE]
“Digital Immunity” to Cyber Viruses
Mike Ahmadi, Global Director
Robbers used to hit banks because “that’s where the money is.” Now they target hospitals for the [MORE]
Using Radar to Monitor BP
Blumio BP
Medical device startup Blumio (Miami Beach, FL) is in the R&D phase of creating a passive, continuous blood pressure [MORE]