Wipro’s medical remote monitoring wearable device

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

Wipro Ltd has a health monitoring solution called Wipro Assure Health that improves affordable patient care through wearable devices, and a cloud-based clinical decision support system. An extension of this is the Wipro Assure Health Maternity Care Solution, which helps customers by enabling management of high-risk pregnancies with remote assessment of the foetus and the mother. The solution includes a small wearable wireless foetal-maternal monitoring device that can be accessed on a mobile ...

Telemedicine technologies can provide clinical health care globally

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also used to save lives in critical care and emergency situations. Although there were distant precursors to telemedicine, it is essentially a product of 20th century telecommunication and information technologies...

NASA Vision Chip

Posted on May 9, 2016 by

Retinal Light Processing Using Carbon Nanotubes The Vision Chip is targeted to treat Age-related Macular Degeneration, and other degenerative diseases of the retina by replacing a compromised retinal photoreceptor system with an array of equivalent external photoreceptors and carbon nanotube (CNT) "towers" (bundles of CNTs) that provide a pathway to transmit signals from the external photoreceptors to an active layer of retina. NASA has patented a new technology called the Vision Chip, an ...

Philips – Lumify smart ultrasound device

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

With Lumify, high-quality portable ultrasound is available almost anywhere. Just subscribe, download the Lumify app, plug in the transducer, and you're set. Meet patients at the point-of-care, make a faster diagnosis, and deliver care whenever it's needed. https://youtu.be/HRLHtnza2jM Royal Philips launched the Lumify smart ultrasound device, offered as part of a “novel subscription model.” Customers with subscriptions, which Philips said start at a monthly price of $199, receive equipm...

Foot Drop Management, Post Stroke

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

Foot Drop Management, Post Stroke The STIMuSTEP system is a highly recommended treatment that helps correct dropped foot in chronic stroke patients. Since the product was entered into the market in 2004, many patients worldwide (mainly within Europe) are benefiting from it. The use of FES to treat Foot Drop is N.I.C.E (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recognised, following the Interventional Proce...

Smart medical devices for patients

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

Smart medical devices for patients Cue IoT Advantage: self-diagnosis Benefit: Enables preventive care Cue’s multi-use wand and corresponding cartridge increase the ways that patients can track their own health. With this smart medical device, patients can take their health into their own hands—testing their nasal fluids, saliva and blood. Quell IoT Advantage: pain relief Benefit: Improves quality of care Quell Relief is worn below the knee like any brace—but its embedded sens...

Smart medical devices for doctors

Posted on May 8, 2016 by

Smart medical devices for doctors Medtronic IoT Advantage: Monitoring Benefit: Enables preventative care Medtronic’s digital blood-glucose meter measures the glucose levels of patients’ tissue fluids with a sensor that wirelessly connects to patients’ and clinicians’ digital devices. This smart medical device alerts clinicians to adjust a patient’s therapy up to 30 minutes before a patient’s health condition escalates to a critical stage. Biotronik IoT Advantage: Monitoring Benefit:...

Space cloths to help control odor

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

The International Space Station is a big, climate-controlled environment that houses six people at any given time. As you can probably imagine, these humans produce odors just like the rest of us. So how do NASA and other space agencies make the International Space Station a decent-smelling place to live for those stuck there for months at a time? There is no washer or dryer on board the International Space Station; no cosmic laundromat waiting to take astronauts' quarters each Saturday morni...

MonBaby – a Breathing Movement Monitor

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

MonBaby is an award-winning baby monitor that snaps onto any article of a child’s clothing, just like a button. MonBaby’s uniqueness lies in its universal form factor. Use it as your child grows! Any onesie or pajama works. MonBaby takes a different proactive approach to monitoring. Breathing movements, body position (on the back or on the stomach), fall detection, proximity removal. Monitor your baby proactively with MonBaby Breathing and Rollover Baby Monitor in a Smart Button! MonBaby ...

Device allows paralyzed man to swipe credit card, perform other movements.

Posted on May 5, 2016 by

NeuroLife, was invented at Battelle, which teamed with physicians and neuroscientists from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to develop the research approach and perform the clinical study. Ohio State doctors identified the study participant and implanted a tiny computer chip into his brain. Device allows paralyzed man to swipe credit card, perform other movements. That pioneering participant, Ian Burkhart, is a 24-year-old quadriplegic from Dublin, Ohio, and the first person...

Personalized Health Coach

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Vida provides expert, personalized, on-demand health coaching and programs from a network of experienced health care providers and leading medical health care providers and leading medical institutions. Vida assigns you a health coach that is an expert in nutrition, fitness, and motivational psychology. These coaches are available 24/7 through text messages and weekly video check ins as well. They help make sure you are adhering to your physician’s recommendations and compliant with your trea...

New light-activated nanoparticles kill over 90% of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

Nanoparticle treatment developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder could provide an effective means of fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria including Salmonella, E. Coli, and Staphylococcus, based on results in a laboratory environment. In testing with a lab-grown culture, the nanoparticles killed 92 percent of drug-resistant bacterial cells while leaving the other cells intact. The treatment consists of light-activated therapeutic nanoparticles called "'quantum dots". Th...

University of Washington has developed a new handheld, pen-sized microscope

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

Handheld, miniature microscope being developed by University of Washington mechanical engineers could allow surgeons to “see” at a cellular level in the operating room and determine where to stop cutting. The new technology, developed in collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Stanford University and the Barrow Neurological Institute, is outlined in a paper published in January in the journal Biomedical Optics Express. The handheld microscope, roughly the size of a pen, ...

Smart Nutrition Bottle revolutionizing personal wellness

Posted on April 30, 2016 by

LifeFuels is a health technology company devoted to bringing responsive intelligence to nutrition and hydration management. We need to fuel our bodies properly in order to live life well. But nutrition is complicated, and nutritional regimens are difficult to adhere to. The LifeFuels Smart Nutrition Bottle simplifies nutrition and hydration management by dispensing the products that you need to help you live a happier, healthier life while you're on the go. FuelPods are inserted in the top...

New drug-delivery capsule may replace injections

Posted on April 29, 2016 by

Pill coated with tiny needles can deliver drugs directly into the lining of the digestive tract. Given a choice, most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection. Unfortunately, many drugs, especially those made from large proteins, cannot be given as a pill because they get broken down in the stomach before they can be absorbed. To help overcome that obstacle, researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have devised a novel drug capsule coat...

Japanese researchers develop flexible, ultra-thin thermometer that’s the width of about one fourth of a human hair.

Posted on April 27, 2016 by

The thermal sensor can be attached directly to the skin, potentially useful in monitoring the health of infants or even making sportswear more comfortable. Japanese researchers have developed a micro-thin thermal sensor that can be attached directly to the skin, potentially useful in monitoring the health of infants or even making sportswear more comfortable. The group said that the device, embedded in an ultra-fine film, can measure target temperatures between 25 and 50 degrees Celsius, a r...

‘BIND’ Therapeutics developing nano cancer destroyers

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

BIND Therapeutics which is developing nano cancer destroyers BIND Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of highly selective targeted and programmable therapeutics called Accurins. BIND’s Medicinal Nanoengineering® platform enables the design, engineering and manufacturing of Accurins with unprecedented control over drug properties to maximize trafficking to disease sites, dramatically enhancing efficacy while minimizing toxicities. BIND is develo...

Clarity – keychain-sized wearable device aimed at tracking air quality

Posted on March 21, 2016 by

Clarity is a small, keychain-sized wearable air pollution sensor aimed at tracking air quality in badly polluted places David Lu who teamed up with seven other students at University of California and decided to do something about it. The team came up with the ‘Clarity’, the world’s first ever air monitor. Clarity is a keychain-size gadget that will let you track air exposure. It can connect via a smartphone app and gives you real-time alert of air pollution as well as indicates the availabil...

NU Scientists Advance Efforts in the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s

Posted on March 10, 2016 by 41629066

One minute. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that in just that small period of time, almost every minute, a person in the United States will develop one of the top-10 killers in America: Alzheimer’s. 2015 was the first year in which Alzheimer scientists were able to see some real, substantial success in clinical trials. Bill Klein, in neurobiology and neurology at Northwestern, and his team have turned their focus away from what was once considered the cause of Alzheimer’s, plaques an...

Study Reveals Autism Could Be Reversible

Posted on March 10, 2016 by 41629066

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that it may be possible to reverse autism. Autism is a genetically-linked condition and there is still much uncertainty as to what all the different genetic causes of the condition are. One genetic cause for example, affecting 1% of the those with autism, is the lack of a Shank3, which has responsibilities related to brain development. Those missing the gene experience autism symptoms such as avoiding social activities/interact...

Flo: The Non-Contact “Social Thermometer”

Posted on March 9, 2016 by 41629066

Need to check your child’s temperature? Want to track it over time? Flo, a small Bluetooth enabled non-contact thermometer, gives users accurate readings, allows them to track health and family pictures over time, and share them on social media. Flo is relatively easy to use. Point the thermometer within 1 cm of a child’s forehead, push a button, and then you’ll be able to determine whether your child has a fever. The thermometer by itself doesn’t show the exact temper...

Sensory Cooking With Tastee

Posted on March 5, 2016 by

Christopher Holm-Hansen designed a smart home device, which can become your helper at cooking wholesome meal with a pleasant taste. Whenever you cook for family, friends, or simply yourself, Tastee will assist you in getting flavours out in your food. The device communicates with your tablet via bluetooth; once it is put into the pot, it will start transmitting flavor data, which will be then processed and converted into special taste diagrams. If you need some tips on cooking, just press the bu...

Wifi signals to allow you to see through walls

Posted on February 29, 2016 by

Team of computer scientists from MIT has been developing technologies that allow for long-distance motion detection for several years; using wireless signals, they created a high-tech motion sensor that could allow parents to monitor their baby's breathing from the other side of the house or firefighters to determine if there are living survivors in a burning building. Now, the researchers have taken the technology one step further, and have used Wifi signals to allow you to see through walls. ...

NASA CLEAN AIR STUDY SHOWS HOW TO CLEAN THE AIR IN YOUR HOME AND OFFICE IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS

Posted on February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 by

The NASA Clean Air Study[1] has been led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in association with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA). Its results suggest that certain common indoor plants may provide a natural way of removing toxic agents such as benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene from the air, helping neutralize the effects of sick building syndrome. INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IS RANKED AMONG TOP 5 HEALTH RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH - WHAT IS CAUSING ...

Artificial blood developed in lab that can be used for transfusions.

Posted on February 24, 2016 by

Marc Turner and his team at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service are close to developing artificial blood in lab that can be used for transfusions. Artificial blood [is] derived from stem cells that have been made from an adult donor’s skin or blood. These donor cells are genetically rewound to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which have the potential to develop into any of the body’s 200 tissues. The iPS cells are cultured for a month in a chemical environment, simi...

Personalized cancer care and rational drug development

Posted on February 23, 2016 by

Mitra Biotech Pvt Ltd., a translational biology company, focuses on enabling personalized cancer care and rational drug development. The company’s technology enables physicians to make an informed treatment decision for a cancer patient by determining optimal drug combination; and rational drug development by identifying driver pathways/mutations. It offers CANScript, a multidimensional laboratory based screening platform that enables physicians to select the optimal drug combination for a cance...

Dubai Healthcare City a model for future healthcare services and research

Posted on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 by

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) is a healthcare free economic zone situated in the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It's mission is to provide high quality integrated healthcare, education, research and wellness by forming strategic partnerships. This will deliver exceptional customer experiences, ultimately impacting every member of our society. Through strategic partnerships, DHCC provides a wide range of services in healthcare, medical education and research, pharmaceuticals, medica...

NASA’s carbon nanotube filtration device to eliminate contaminants in water

Posted on February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 by

Innovators at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have developed a filtration device to eliminate contaminants from water supplies. Originally developed to purify wastewater for reuse aboard the International Space Station, the innovation is applicable to numerous situations on Earth where there is a need to collect potable, medical-grade water from a contaminated water supply. The unique aspect of the technology is its use of acoustics rather than pressure to drive water through small-diameter carbon n...

Hyperspectral imaging used to accurately measure specific quantities for a number of disparate applications. Crop Health, Water Depth, Rock Type, Urban Landuse…

Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 by

Hyperspectral imaging, like other spectral imaging, collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum for each pixel in the image of a scene, with the purpose of finding objects, identifying materials, or detecting processes. A Hyperspectral Imager is a type of remote sensing instrument that can accurately measure specific quantities for a number of disparate applications. Crop Health, Water Depth, Rock Typ...

Ultherapy is an FDA approved nonsurgical face and neck procedure that uses ultrasound technology to lift and tone loose skin

Posted on February 13, 2016February 13, 2016 by

Ultherapy is an FDA approved nonsurgical face and neck procedure that uses ultrasound technology to lift and tone loose skin without any downtime Ultherapy is the only FDA-cleared procedure to non-invasively lift the eyebrow, neck and under-chin. How Does Ultherapy Work? Ultherapy harnesses the power of ultrasound to non-invasively lift and tighten skin. Ultrasound is a form of mechanical energy that is significantly diffferent than Light (Lasers) and Electrical (Radio-Frequency) energy. ...