POSTS TAGGED AS Stroke

Clot-Removing Devices

Stryker Trevo ProVue Retrieval System
Blood clots account for most of the 795,000 strokes each year in the United States, and [MORE]

Stem Cell Transplantation for Stroke is Effective

CT Scan of Stroke
The incidence of ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot, is nearly 700,000 per year in the [MORE]

Brain Wave as a Vital Sign

Components of ERP
Understanding what brain waves mean in terms of vital signs, as they relate to conditions such as concussion, [MORE]

“WIWE” Stroke Detector

WIWE App
Combining a single-lead ECG, a pulse oximeter, and a pedometer, a Hungarian company, Sanatmetal Ltd (Eger, Hungary) has developed [MORE]

Computerized Analysis of Stroke Patients

Computer Intelligence Technology
In this case, CAD means computer-assisted diagnosis (of stroke). Scientists at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed an [MORE]

Clot-Busting with Magnetic Nanoparticles

Iron Oxide Core for tPA
When the USFDA first approved recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (aka, “clot buster”) in 1996, it came [MORE]

Detecting Stroke with a Smartphone

Samsung Developing Wearable Sensor for Stroke Detection
Imagine this: your eyeglasses have sensors that fit snug to the temples and are [MORE]

“ClotBuster” Device for Stroke

Culp-Wilson Halo for Stroke
More than a half century ago, Swedish scientists in Uppsala and Stockholm developed the stereotactic radiosurgery technology [MORE]

Advanced Noninvasive Blood Monitor

EdwardscClearSight Noninvasive Blood Monitor
Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA) has received FDA approval for its “Clear Sight” blood monitor—“The inflatable finger [MORE]

Stroke Map for Telemedicine

Stroke Map
Health demographers at the University of Pennsylvania have mapped out the geography of annual stroke incidence (800,000) and mortality [MORE]

Health Sensor in a Tooth Implant

Tooth Monitor
Hybridizing the ideas of wearable and implantable sensors, engineers at National Taiwan University (Taipei City) have designed an [MORE]

InTouch and iRobot Work Together in Telestroke Program

inTouch Health Robot and Nurse
Several California hospitals have contracted a 24/7 emergency telemedicine provider to screen possible stroke patients [MORE]

Personalized Diagnostic for Salt Sensitivity

Salt sensitivity is implicated in the deadliest human diseases: stroke, kidney failure, heart attack. About a third of all people [MORE]

Stem Cell Trial for Stroke

Though the patient base is small (only a half dozen so far) neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow in [MORE]