ACS Lab on a Glove
Quoting this piece: “A recent study published in the journal ACS Sensors describes a novel flexible, [MORE]
Check-Cap Ingestible Imaging Capsule
GE Healthcare and Check-Cap (Isfiya, Israel) are collaborating to create a imaging pill (somewhat similar to Medtronic’s [MORE]
The Internet of Things
Being able to monitor switch configuration in The Netherlands’ railroad service, locating luggage at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, [MORE]
Smart Sutures
Quoting directly, “A team of engineers [at Tufts University] has developed a novel 3-dimensional thread-based diagnostic platform that, when [MORE]
ONVI Prophix Video Toothbrush
Chicago-based startup ONVI has announced that its video enabled toothbrush, “Prophix,” will go on sale next year [MORE]
AT&T-Houston Health Foundry
The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the world’s largest medical complex with “21 hospitals, 13 support organizations, [MORE]
Neurosurgeons Developed Dissolvable Brain Sensor Implant
Neurosurgeons at Washington University of St. Louis have developed a tiny implantable temperature and pressure [MORE]
Wireless Module
Engineers at Vanderbilt University‘s Institute for Software Integrated Systems say this about designing a general diagnostic pill for the [MORE]
Monitoring Critical Blood Levels
Patients in intensive care units usually are surrounded by a forest of monitoring and fluid handling equipment. [MORE]
Gastric Implant
Indigestion, cramps, malnutrition and endocrine disorders are some of the consequences of gastric dysrhythmias and there are no good [MORE]
Skin
Some stories are fetching just because they are so fetching. This is one of those, about electrical engineers at Georgia [MORE]
Cancer Monitoring Sensor
How can imaging tell if a tumor is enlarging from malignant growth or getting bigger because of an [MORE]
CardioMEMS System
Last year, St. Jude Medical (Minneapolis, MN) acquired Atlanta-based CardioMEMS and subsequently won FDA approval for an implantable heart [MORE]
Energy Generating Knee Brace
Electrical engineers at Rice University have built an electrical generator that attaches to a knee brace and [MORE]