POSTS TAGGED AS medical device

Heart Patch for Therapeutic Angiogenesis

To address oxygen deprivation in the heart, chemical engineers in South Korea “. . .  developed a bioengineered mussel adhesive [MORE]

Electrodiagnostic Wearable for Eye Diseases

Electrodiagnostic Wearable for Eye Diseases
To diagnose glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, et al eye diseases, researchers at Purdue University “report a design [MORE]

The Latest Tricorder

The Covid Hunter
Some time ago, Qualcomm announced the winner of its Tricorder X Prize of $10 million.  Since then, other [MORE]

3D Skin Mapping

3D Mapping of the skin
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have built a portable imaging device, relying on a [MORE]

Measuring Cortisol in Cerumen

Measuring cortisol in cerumen with special cotton swab
Two groups of researchers in London have created and tested a simple tool [MORE]

Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs to the Gut

Parasite-Inspired Device for Delivering Drugs
From Johns Hopkins engineers:  “The parasite-inspired devices, which the researchers call “theragrippers,” each come equipped with [MORE]

CalTech’s 10 minute COVID Test Device

Rapid COVID-19 test sensor
By embedding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in graphene microchannels, CalTech engineers have what they call a quick and low-cost [MORE]

Electrochemical Bio‐Barcode Assay for Cancer

Hand-held device for rapid test of cancer biomarkers
Canadian engineers have developed a point-of-care device for monitoring cancer biomarkers in blood, [MORE]

A Serotonin-Sensing Ingestible

Ingestible capsule that could help demystify the gut-brain axis
With funding from the NSF, University of Maryland electrical engineers have developed [MORE]

An “Electronic Blood Vessel”

Electronic blood vessel
Chinese bioengineers have developed an implantable device that mimics a blood vessel.  “By using poly(L-lactide-co-ϵ-caprolactone), which encapsulates liquid [MORE]

3 in 1 Device: Ultrasound-Electronic Stethoscope-ECG

 
KOSMOS  3 in 1 device
“EchoNous (Redmond, WA), a developer of novel ultrasounds, has found a way to leverage multiple critical [MORE]

Wearable, Continuous Glucose Monitors

Continuous glucose monitoring
The kind of wearable glucose monitors that show up in television advertising affixed to the arm or abdomen [MORE]

A 30 Minute to 24 Hour Dialysis Machine

 
Portable dialysis machine
Outset Medical (San Jose, CA) has received private capital to commercialize its “Tablo” portable dialysis machine.  But this [MORE]

Quick Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

CytoPAN – diagnosing breast cancer in less than one hour
Researchers in Boston, Singapore and South Korea have developed a point [MORE]