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EarHealth System

Earbuds may soon detect ear infections, other ailments
“A team led by researchers at the University at Buffalo has used Bluetooth [MORE]

It’s Not Just Your Morning Weigh-in Anymore

Body Scan scale measures the composition of body parts
“Over five years after the release of the Body Cardio (and one [MORE]

Bluetooth-Enabled Cardiac Defibrillator Implanted in First Patient

Abbott’s Gallant cardiac implants
Last July the FDA approved Abbott’s “Gallant” implantable defibrillator which has Bluetooth connectivity for distance monitoring.  St. [MORE]

Spit Analysis for Heart Attack Risk

Device to analyze spit to diagnose risk of heart disease
Australian scientists have developed a device that assesses biomarkers in spit [MORE]

Implant for Remote Controlled Disease Management

Remote control implantable drug delivery system
“Researchers from Houston Methodist successfully delivered continuous, predetermined dosages of two chronic disease medications using [MORE]

Wirelessly Controlled “pill”

MIT Wireless pill
For the past two years, researchers at MIT have been improving the design and capabilities of an ingestible [MORE]

A Wearable to Detect Pneumonia

Smart Jacket Detects Pneumonia in Children
This piece is about a wearable stethoscope, in the form of a sensored jacket that [MORE]

Electronic Tattoos; Amazing

Tattoo
I’ll leave it to the scientists and engineers among our readers to figure out a medical application for electronic ink; [MORE]

How Smart Can a Mouth Retainer Be?

Electode-Packed-Retainer-for-Hearing-
Imagine reading Braille with your tongue. That approaches the concept that Colorado State University researchers are developing with a smart [MORE]

A Pathology Lab at Home

Cue Deep Health Tracker
Next spring, Cue (San Diego, CA) expects to begin general marketing of its “deep health tracker” which [MORE]

Perspective on Wireless Monitoring

Nonin-3230 Wireless Pulse Oximeter
Compared to high speed gene sequencing, 3-D printing of bones, stem cell regeneration of tissue, [MORE]

Near-Field Communications for Medical Devices

NFC BP Monitor – disassembled
This short piece is for the device designers among us who might consider near-field [MORE]

Implantable Blood Testing Device with Wireless Transmission

Blood Test Implant
Blood testing for metabolites seems poised to become a distance monitoring process with an implantable device scientists [MORE]

Electronic Pain-Relief Patch

Thimble Bioelectronics
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation already is employed in a few wearable devices, but a “Band Aid” type patch [MORE]