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A Pouch for Holding Devices on the Heart
CorMatrix-Implant-Envelope
Fabricating a pouch from extracellular matrix material (derived from pig intestines), CorMatrix Cardiovascular (Roswell, GA) has a method for attaching [MORE]
Eye Implant, Smart Phone Monitoring for Glaucoma
Stepen Quake Developer of IOP Measurement Device
The eye’s internal pressure has some of the same characteristics as blood pressure. Many [MORE]
“Smart Ink” Microbatteries
Microbatteries
Battery size has a limiting effect on a number of implantable and wearable devices. To address this, a Harvard lab [MORE]
Bacterial Robots
Bactobots
This sounds a little like “Pac-Man”—genetically engineered bacterial robots (aka “bactobots”) that travel to a specific tumor site (cholesteatoma of [MORE]
Implantable BP Sensor
CardioMEMS Pulmonary Artery-Sensor
The FDA has approved an implantable wireless device to monitor pulmonary artery pressure. The manufacturer, CardioMEMS (Atlanta, GA), [MORE]
3D Motion and Depth Sensing
Project Tango
Smartphones seem to be getting smarter. This piece is an introduction (with an invitation to developers) to Google’s “Project [MORE]
Very Low Cost DNA Analysis in Development
Molecular Diagnostics InSilixa
While “reality” may be a few years away, InSilixa (Cupertino, CA) claims to have developed a DNA testing [MORE]