Robot-assisted brain surgery
“In this study, Canadian researchers report the results of the first robotic brain vascular procedures. They used a [MORE]
Photo acoustic imaging
“Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed a new photoacoustic imaging system [MORE]
Brain machine interface for speech impaired people
This report may be related to DARPA’s “silent speech” project. “Researchers at UC San [MORE]
Nicholas Dale PhD holding SMARTChip biosensor
Hospitals refer to “the golden hour” for effectively treating stroke victims; reflecting that for every [MORE]
RheoSense Non-invsive brain oxygen monitor
Luciole Medical (Zurich, Switzerland) takes its name from the French word for the light-emitting firefly. Their [MORE]
Implantable heart monitor
Last year, when Abbott Laboratories acquired St. Jude Medical it picked up an implantable heart monitor which already [MORE]
Brain tissue regenerated in mice after stroke
Using an alginate hydrogel infused with vascular endothelial growth factor and other agents, researchers [MORE]
Cerebrotech Visor
Even within the so-called “golden hour,” stroke detection currently gets low marks. But a California company claims to have [MORE]
Blood Pressure App
Engineers at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, and Chonnam National University (South Korea) have built in an [MORE]
Mobile Stroke Unit
“The golden hour” is a term referring to the time-window a stroke victim has when treatment is most [MORE]
MRI Based on T2 Mapping
An MRI scan can determine the size of a plaque in the carotid arteries, but cannot [MORE]
Cardiac Imaging
Besides the unsettling fear from an irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation increases a patient’s stroke risk. To gage that risk, [MORE]
EEG via Nokia Phone
Some of you, particularly our friends in Finland, will remember that Nokia sponsored our first medical automation [MORE]
Magnetic Particles Break Down Clot
Last week’s Tagline had a piece about blood clot retrievers. Here, we see a different approach [MORE]