Medtronic has been advancing artificial pancreas research and development for ... our path to the artificial pancreas, a study of our Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL) system. Type I diabetes comes with a lifetime commitment to maintaining health. Patients have to measure blood glucose levels and adjust insulin levels as necessary as indicated by multiple finger stick blood tests daily. Glucose monitors can reduce the number of finger sticks to two a day for calibration to be sure the monitor is worki...

Masimo is an American Irvine, California-based manufacturer of noninvasive patient monitoring technologies. The company is best known for its pulse oximetry and it sells more pulse oximeters to hospitals than any other company. Masimo was founded by electrical engineer Joe Kiani, who was later joined by fellow engineer Mohamed Diab. Masimo invented measure-through motion and low perfusion pulse oximetry, known as Masimo SET (Signal Extraction Technology). Masimo has been recognized for its in...

Prestige LP Cervical Disc treats one diseased disc in the neck (cervical disc) that causes arm pain and/or weakness or numbness (radiculopathy or myelopathy). The Prestige LP Cervical Disc consists of a titanium-ceramic alloy that fits between the top and bottom surface of the neck bones (cervical vertebrae). How does it work? The implanted device is placed between two adjacent cervical vertebrae to replace a diseased cervical disc. It is designed to maintain the distance between two adjacent...

A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients. In a two-year clinical trial, cancer patients undergoing bone marrow or stem cell transplants were given a far red/near infrared Light Emitting Diode treatment called High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate, or HEALS, to treat oral mucosit...

SkyLight is a smartphone-microscope camera adapter that stands to revolutionize telemedicine by bringing together two previously disparate but widely available technologies: smartphones and microscopes. Attaching a smartphone with the SkyLight instantly upgrades available microscopes of any age, allowing diagnostic images to be captured on camera and securely transmitted from anywhere around the world to a trained expert able to make that life-saving diagnosis. And diagnostic images obtained wit...

SenoClaire is a mammography device that produces 2D digital images as well as multiple cross-sectional images of the breast for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. How does it work? The SenoClaire device consists of hardware and software upgrades to the Senographe Essential 2D full-field digital mammography system, which is FDA-approved for conventional mammography. The hardware upgrade produces multiple, low-dose x-ray projection images of the breast; the software upgrade uses the ...

The Pico Genie A100 is the world's first accessory case for iPhone 4 /4s/iPod Touch 4 with a built in pico projector, extended battery and external speakers. Super slim Pico Genie A100 iPhone Projector is clever oojimaflip is  a powerful projector, speaker and back-up battery in one. With a spectacular 60” viewing area it’s the ultimate way to view your snaps. Not to mention browsing the net, reading documents, playing games and watching videos. The A100 will boost the sound so the whole r...

ICEdot Crash Sensor detects life-threatening impacts and sends an emergency message through your smartphone to someone who can get you medical help. When an incident happens, the ICEdot sends a Bluetooth signal to an app on your smartphone. An alarm will sound on the phone, giving you a chance to stop the distress signal from going out if you're ok. If you don't stop the app, it sends an SMS text message to your pre-specified emergency contacts with your GPS coordinates. COMPLETE SET: The IC...

Smart weighting-scale. It can analyze the user’s body conditions in details and offer effective suggestions according to her/his age, height with a combining of weight. It is suitable for any group of people we mentioned above. It provides you with a set of digital methods depending on it measuring result. This device can help you know the state of your body better, because it can analyze your physical data like weight, fat percentage and rate of fresh, etc. In this way, it offers you a he...

NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources. NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in California licensed the biosensor technology to Early Warning Inc., Troy, N.Y. Under a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, NASA and Early Warning jointly will develop biosenso...

KAMRA Inlay ("inlay") is a dark, ring-shaped device that is implanted in the cornea, which is the clear, front surface of the eye. The inlay improves near vision in patients whose eyes have lost the ability to change focus for near vision, which is a normal part of aging (presbyopia). The device is 3.8 mm in diameter with a 1.6 mm diameter hole in the center. It has 8,400 tiny holes to allow oxygen and nutrients to flow across the cornea. How does it work? The eye surgeon uses a laser to make...

Injectable biosensors that become one with the body’s tissue may one day replace the clinical lab for making our body chemistry continuously accessible for im­proved personal wellbeing in health and disease. Promising a new era in digital health, Profusa, Inc., based in South San Francisco, Calif., today debuted its injectable Lumee™ biosensor tech­nology at the Pioneers Festival held at the grand Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria. Ben Hwang, Ph.D., Profusa’s chairman and chief execu...

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced that it is addressing the growing trend of quantified health with an all-in-one advanced system logic chip for the health-oriented wearables market, the Bio-Processor. The Samsung Bio-Processor, now in mass production, is specifically designed to allow accelerated development of innovative wearable products for consumers who are increasingly monitoring their health and fitness on a daily basis. “With improveme...

Absolute oxygen saturation of arterial blood (SpO2), a vital sign that is commonly monitored in hospitalized and other patients, can be accurately measured across multiple patients using contactless technology. The study, published in the June issue of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, used Philips proprietary camera-based monitoring technology to measure the light reflected off the foreheads of 41 healthy adults to calculate SpO2. Through the results of this study, Philips, a global leade...

VelaSense® is an eyes-free and hands-free assistive software that brings the full power of mobile technology and cloud computing within reach for visually impaired users. The system provides high-accessibility access to routine smart phone functions and also exploits the phone's integrated camera and motion sensors to characterize the user’s environment. Acquired information is then delivered back to the user through non-sight sensory modes such as hearing and touch. VelaSense® was developed ...

BACtrack is the leader in breathalyzers, offering a full range of innovative breath alcohol testers for both personal and professional use. How It Works Breathe Breathe into the BACtrack and results are sent wirelessly to your iOS or Android device.   See See accurate reading and a ZeroLine® estimate of when your BAC will reach 0.00%.   Decide Decide what comes next. Save your number? Test someone else? Switch to water? Hand over your keys?   Persona...

EnChroma glasses, a marriage of color vision science and optical technology. The only specialty eyewear that alleviates red-green color blindness, enhancing colors without the compromise of color accuracy. Color blindness (or color vision deficiency), is a condition where a person’s eyes are unable to see colors under normal light. People with color blindness have a hard time telling colors apart from each other.   HOW EYES SEE COLOR The retina contains approximately 6 ...

Propeller Health now has a connected inhaler. This FDA cleared mobile application and IoT device helps patients, physicians and public health agencies systematically manage COPD, Asthma, and other respiratory diseases in real-time.  The propeller sensor is a small device that easily fits to most inhalers.  It wirelessly syncs with your smart phone so that you’re phone automatically captures and records your trends of usage including the time, date, and location of when you use your inhaler.  ...

TissuGlu Surgical Adhesive (TissuGlu) is a urethane-based, liquid surgical adhesive which is activated upon contact with tissue fluid. TissuGlu is applied by a hand-held applicator containing the adhesive. How does it work? The surgeon applies TissuGlu between layers of tissue to glue them together during a “tummy tuck” (abdominoplasty) procedure. Water in the patient’s tissue starts a chemical reaction that bonds the layers of tissue together, like glue. The surgeon then continues standard c...

  Philips Medication Dispensing service is a simple way to manage even the most complex medication regimens. So seniors who live alone can stay on track.   How it works 1. Load You put the senior’s medications into individual cups and load them into the dispenser. Provide the medication schedule to Philips Lifeline and we will program the dispenser for you.   2. Dispense The senior presses the button when they hear the reminder. The dispenser will d...

Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) contains a one inch-long, self-contained pacemaker that is implanted directly in the right ventricle chamber of the heart. It works like other pacemakers to control the heartbeat. Unlike other pacemakers, the Micra TPS does not have leads. The Micra TPS is a single-chamber pacing system – it paces only the right ventricle of the heart. How does it work? The Micra TPS is implanted directly into the heart via the femoral vein (in the leg) using a catheter...

A team of European researchers, supported by the European Commission and Siemens, is developing a smart walker that will bring sensor and tablet technology to bear helping improve mobility in older adults. The "FriWalk" (short for Friendly Robot Walker) includes cameras and sensors for detailed gait analysis, a heart rate sensor, and a tablet interface that can provide activity coaching. FriWalk is a high-tech mobility aid that contains depth sensors and cameras to help support the user and m...

Ulcer is something that affects everyone just about as they get older. Scientists believe that inactivity and constant sitting can also be one of the reasons of causing ulcers. The Leaf Healthcare Sensor is designed to alert a person when it is time to turn and do some moving in order to combat no moving around. The tri-axial accelerometer that is in the sensor can monitor the position that a person is in and then help assist them in proper ways to turn. It even works with optimizing tissue pres...

Japan's Riken Brain Science Institute and rubber manufacturer Sumitomo Riko have built an experimental robot bear nurse that is able to lift patients and gently transfer them between beds and wheelchairs. Ageing populations are an increasing concern and in Japan, hospital staff and carers in nursing homes are required to lift patients about 40 times a day, which is strenuous and can cause lower-backpain. To aid carers, the Riken-SRK Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research...

Harnessing the power of 3DP to develop innovative medicines Powder-liquid three-dimensional printing (3DP) technology was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s as a rapid-prototyping technique. This technology uses an aqueous fluid to bind together multiple layers of powder using a unique, patent-protected process to create a wide range of products. This work was expanded into the areas of tissue engineering and pharmaceutical use from 1993 to 2003....

Scientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In the first study to test the invention in the operating theatre, the “iKnife” diagnosed tissue samples from 91 patients with 100 per cent accuracy, instantly providing information that normally takes up to half an hour to reveal using laboratory tests. The findings, by researchers at Imperial College London, are published today in the journal Scienc...

University of California, San Diego has developed a sensor capable of detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), a type of DNA mutations. Research team has created an electrical graphene chip that is able to detect mutations in DNA. Researchers say the technology could be used in a wide range of medical applications in the future, including blood testing for early cancer screenings, tracking disease biomarkers and even real-time detection of viral and even microbial sequences. Profe...

Tumor analysis is a key part of the cancer diagnostic workflow for all patients. Once a mass is removed from a patient, microscopic analysis is used to determine if it is cancer, as well as its characteristics and grade. Typically, protein or DNA changes in sections of the sample are measured to determine the patient’s potential drug response. Samples with insufficient information, however, can be a major problem for pathologists and oncologists who are challenged with increasing numbers of the...

Your brain is made up of billions of brain cells called neurons, which use electricity to communicate with each other. The combination of millions of neurons sending signals at once produces an enormous amount of electrical activity in the brain, which can be detected using sensitive medical equipment (such as an EEG), measuring electricity levels over areas of the scalp. The combination of electrical activity of the brain is commonly called a brainwave pattern, because of its cyclic, "wave-l...

The US Food and Drug Administration has allowed the marketing of a contact lens sensor that may help practitioners identify the best time of day to measure a patient’s intraocular pressure (IOP). It is important to determine whether a patient has elevated IOP as it is often associated with the optic nerve damage that is characteristic of glaucoma. Triggerfish has a sensor embedded in a soft silicone contact lens that detects tiny changes or fluctuations in an eye’s volume. The device is wo...