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First Surgical Robot for Aneurysms

May 26, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Robot-assisted brain surgery
“In this study, Canadian researchers report the results of the first robotic brain vascular procedures. They used a [MORE]

Photoacoustic Imaging of Blood Vessels

April 14, 2020 | | Posted in Newsletter

Photo acoustic imaging
“Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea have developed a new photoacoustic imaging system [MORE]

Neural Speech Prostheses

June 25, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

Brain machine interface for speech impaired people
This report may be related to DARPA’s “silent speech” project.  “Researchers at UC San [MORE]

A Fingerstick Blood Test for Stroke

April 23, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nicholas Dale PhD holding SMARTChip biosensor
Hospitals refer to “the golden hour” for effectively treating stroke victims; reflecting that for every [MORE]

Minimally Invasive Brain Monitor

January 1, 2019 | | Posted in Newsletter

 
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 with Smartphone App

September 25, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Implantable heart monitor
Last year, when Abbott Laboratories acquired St. Jude Medical it picked up an implantable heart monitor which already [MORE]

Regenerating Brain Tissue

July 31, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Brain tissue regenerated in mice after stroke
Using an alginate hydrogel infused with vascular endothelial growth factor and other agents, researchers [MORE]

A Highly Accurate Stroke Detector

June 12, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Cerebrotech Visor
Even within the so-called “golden hour,” stroke detection currently gets low marks. But a California company claims to have [MORE]

Taking Blood Pressure with a Touch on a Smartphone

May 1, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Blood Pressure App
Engineers at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, and Chonnam National University (South Korea) have built in an [MORE]

Telemed on Wheels

January 30, 2018 | | Posted in Newsletter

Mobile Stroke Unit
“The golden hour” is a term referring to the time-window a stroke victim has when treatment is most [MORE]

MRI Mapping of Carotid Artery Plaque to Predict Stroke

October 10, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

MRI Based on T2 Mapping
An MRI scan can determine the size of a plaque in the carotid arteries, but cannot [MORE]

“Atrial 4-D Flow CMR”

November 8, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

Cardiac Imaging
Besides the unsettling fear from an irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation increases a patient’s stroke risk. To gage that risk, [MORE]

Nokia’s Telemed Collaboration with Helsinki University Hospital

August 9, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

EEG via Nokia Phone
Some of you, particularly our friends in Finland, will remember that Nokia sponsored our first medical automation [MORE]

Magnetic Clot Buster

August 9, 2016 | | Posted in Newsletter

Magnetic Particles Break Down Clot
Last week’s Tagline had a piece about blood clot retrievers. Here, we see a different approach [MORE]