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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]

Printing Biosensors Directly on Skin

Biosensors printed on the skin
Several wearables for sensing blood oxygen, heart rate and temperature exist, but engineers at Penn State [MORE]

Digital Therapeutics

Digital Therapeutics
Perhaps you’ve seen the advertisements for the weight loss program “Noom.”  It is a software product that tries to [MORE]

“Health Waze”

Digital health infographic.
Waze GPS is a software product from Google that aids driving navigation.  In this piece the medical chair [MORE]

Vista’s Eight Signs Monitoring System

Vita Patch biosensor
Vital signs monitors keep improving, though there may not be a clear winner for the best possible.  This [MORE]

National Lab’s Wearable Vital Signs Monitor

VitalTag prototype
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s stick-on “VitalTag” monitors blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, blood oxygen, shock index, and has [MORE]

Wearables for Clinical Studies

 
Spire health tag
Litmus Health (Austin, TX) has published a census of wearable devices that might be used in various situations [MORE]

Handheld Metabolite Monitor

Handheld prototype for assaying metabolites
Engineers are getting closer to science fiction’s “tricorder.”  This news from Glasgow University (UK) reports a [MORE]

A Wearable Cytometer

Wearable cytometer
Most of the wearable biosensors on the market today monitor heartbeat, respiration and movement.  Others are working on blood [MORE]

A.I. Diagnosis of A.D.

Vahia and Katabi with AI-Powered Monitoring Device for Risk of Alzheimer’s
In a pilot study involving MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial [MORE]

The Space called “Digital Therapeutics”

Corrie Health App
This piece defined “digital therapeutics” this way: “Today’s modern mobile health devices feature software applications (apps) designed to [MORE]

Implantable Cardiac Monitor Connects to Smartphones

Confirm-Rx Cardiac Monitor
“Abbott received FDA clearance for the Confirm Rx implantable cardiac monitoring device that wirelessly connects to the patient’s [MORE]

Temperature Reading Smartphone Monitors Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Podimetricspic
Diabetic foot ulcers are implicated in some 100,000 amputations each year. In most instances, the problem does present until the [MORE]

Cough into Your Smartphone

ResApp
An Australian startup named “ResApp” has used learning algorithms to distinguish the sounds of several kinds of respiratory illnesses—pneumonia, asthma, [MORE]