POSTS TAGGED AS medical device

Electrochemical Diagnostic for Antibiotic Resistance

Electrochemical test measures antibiotic-resistant bacteria in patient samples
“Researchers at Washington State University have developed an electrochemical test that can rapidly [MORE]

No Battery Artificial Cochlea

Battery-Free Device Acts as Artificial Cochlea
“The device [from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China] consists of barium titanate [MORE]

Advanced Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulator

Spinal implant inflates like a tiny air mattress
“By targeting the same mechanisms through which epidural anesthesia controls pain during childbirth, [MORE]

An Eardrum Patch

PhonoGraft perforated  ear drum treatment
With 3,900 artillery pieces firing all at once to start the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive, you might [MORE]

Point-of-Care Viscoelastic Coagulation Monitoring

Working principles of viscoelastic point-of-care coagulation devices
It only takes about 20% loss of blood for life-threatening hemorrhagic shock to set [MORE]

A COVID-19 and Variants Environmental Biosensor

Soterius Scout sensor detects even asymptomatic COVID-19
“Reliable, accurate and non-invasive, the Soterius Scout sensor can deliver results within a minute [MORE]

A Dissolvable Pacemaker

Transient pacemaker dissolves in the body after use
“In a breakthrough that could greatly ease the burden for patients recovering from [MORE]

Human Hearing the Ultrasonic

Superhuman spatial hearing technology for ultrasonic frequencies
From acoustic engineers at Aalto University (Espoo, Finland): “we describe a method whereby an [MORE]

An Oral Pacemaker-Like Device for Swallowing

Pacemaker-like devices could restore oral function
“In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have delineated the minimum size of [MORE]

A Stent with “Spines” for Drug Delivery

Kirigami stent
“Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-style stent that can provide localized drug delivery through needle-like projections that pop [MORE]

Human Hearing the Ultrasonic

Superhuman spatial hearing technology
From acoustic engineers at Aalto University (Espoo, Finland):  “we describe a method whereby an in-situ listener with [MORE]

Monitoring Propofol in the Blood Stream

Smart pen monitors anesthetic levels in surgery
“[S]cientists from Switzerland’s EPFL research institute, the Lausanne University Hospital and the Polytechnic University [MORE]

Electrochemical Device for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

One second COVID test
“Researchers at the University of Florida and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have developed a [MORE]

Implantable Oxygen Monitor

 
Monitoring deep tissue oxygenation
University of California electrical engineers “present a minimally invasive system to monitor deep-tissue O2 that reports continuous [MORE]