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Automated, Wearable, Pocket-Sized Insulin Delivery Device

 
iLet Bionic Pancreas
Beta Bionics, Inc. — a medical technology company focused on diabetes — announces FDA 510(k) clearance and the [MORE]

Exosomes in Diagnosing Brain Diseases

Brain Derived Exosomes; a non-invasive look inside the brain
“A characteristic of exosomes is that they are able to cross the [MORE]

A Clot Timing Chip

 
XaTek clot clip
XaTek, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) has introduced a handheld device it calls the “ClotChip.”  About the size and shape [MORE]

A Blood Test for Relapsed Breast Cancer

Mammogram of breast cancer
Dying breast cancer tumors release declining levels of mutant DNA into the blood, unless those tumors are [MORE]

A Human Acellular Vessel (HAV)

Human Acellular Vessel
Here’s a fascinating new twist on engineered blood vessels.  Researchers at Humacyte, Inc. (Durham, NC), used a biodegradable [MORE]

Force Sensing in Medical Devices

Force sensing technology
This piece from sensor maker, Tekscan, Inc. (South Boston, MA) describes the many applications of force sensing in [MORE]

Injectable Wireless Neurostimulator

Neurostimulator
Draper Lab (Cambridge, MA) announced late last year that its engineers had developed an injectable neurostimulator, coated with epoxy, which [MORE]

Biomaterials: Liquid Silk

Pure Liquid Silk – Fibroin
Silk Therapeutics Inc. (Medford, M.A.) is a skin care company at present, using pure fibroin (silk [MORE]

FDA Approved First Artificial Cartilage Implant for Arthritis

Cartiva Cartilage Implant
Cartiva, Inc. (Alpharetta, GA) has received FDA approval for an artificial cartilage implant in the metatarsophalangeal joint of [MORE]

Implantable Biosensor for Continuous Multi-Sign Monitoring

Profusa Biosensor
Profusa, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) has developed tiny implantable sensors (3-5 mm long, 500 microns in diameter) which can [MORE]

Genetics of Athleticism

Athelete
Make your own judgments about this one: “Athletigen [Halifax, Nova Scotia] analyzes DNA extracted from saliva, and provides the foundation [MORE]

Apple’s Biosensor Ring

Apple Biosensor Ring Depiction
Somewhere between rumor and reality, Apple is developing a “ring computing device” that has multiple communications and [MORE]

Artificial Liver

Artifical Liver
“A novel, human cell-based, bioartificial liver support system is being tested for patients with acute liver failure, often a [MORE]

Evolution of RFID

EmbraceRF-app-web
Hospitals have wheelchairs stolen; nurses might hide an infusion pump so they can find it when needed; expensive surgical [MORE]