Smartwatches have become remarkably good at recording the heart. Interpreting what they record is another matter. Anyone who has taken an on-wrist ECG and received an "inconclusive" result knows the gap between capturing a signal and making sense of it. On November 5, 2026, a Belfast company called PulseAI announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an AI-powered arrhythmia analysis model built specifically for wearables, a step aimed squarely at ...
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Painless Glaucoma Diagnostic Device
BioCOM Inc. has made a convenient pain-free tonometry device to detect glaucoma.
The latest Glaucoma IOP Eye Test THROUGH THE EYELID technology by BiCOM Inc. with the DIATON tonometer enables any healthcare professional to quickly and painlessly determine whether a patient has glaucoma and take preventive measures or determine treatment plans to save eyesight.
In a study published by the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the number of people with glaucoma worldwide is expected to be 79.6 m...
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Contact Lenses Deliver Medicine to Treat Eyes
Scientists at Harvard Medical School have developed soft contact lenses which can ‘dispense' prescription drugs over a period of weeks to the exact spot they are needed.
Eye drops are used to dispense most eye medications but they are inefficient in several ways. Only about 1 to 7 percent of eye drop medications are absorbed into the eye because most of it drips out; drugs applied to the eyes in this manner may be washed out after only thirty minutes or so. To add, patients find eye drops cum...
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