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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]