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FDA approves Control-IQ artificial pancreas system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system - based on technology from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology - that automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels.

2 Jan 2020

Hitachi’s diagnostic imaging business will strengthen Fujifilm’s product line, says GlobalData

Following the news that Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp has agreed to acquire Hitachi Ltd.’s diagnostic imaging business for approximately JPY179bn (US$1.64bn); Rohit Anand, Practice Head of Medical Devices at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view.

2 Jan 2020

CEA-Leti’s lensfree microscope to be demonstrated at CES 2020

Miniaturization of sophisticated technologies has opened the door to innovative health-and-safety equipment that enables advances such as onsite, immediate evaluation of environmental risks and patient-sample analysis outside the lab.

2 Jan 2020

GlobalData: Leading medical robots used by the healthcare industry

The healthcare industry uses four types of robots to improve the current standard of care, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

2 Jan 2020

Novela Neurotech’s “smart” neural interface displayed at Creative Destruction Lab

Novela Neurotech, a MedTech company developing AI-powered wireless, "smart" neural interface systems, joins Canada's Creative Destruction Lab to further fine-tune its health technologies to the needs of patients with difficult neurological disorders.

31 Dec 2019

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?

Health products powered by artificial intelligence, or AI, are streaming into our lives, from virtual doctor apps to wearable sensors and drugstore chatbots.

30 Dec 2019

A new deep learning approach to predict disease-associated mutations

During the past years, artificial intelligence (AI) -- the capability of a machine to mimic human behavior -- has become a key player in high-techs like drug development projects.

28 Dec 2019

New stencil device enables plastic surgeons to perform realistic 3D nipple tattoos

Three-dimensional tattoos offer a new alternative for creating a natural-looking nipple after breast reconstruction.

26 Dec 2019

A new kind of testing for patients with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifests through symptoms such as tremor, slow movements, limb rigidity and gait and balance problems.

26 Dec 2019

Super fast novel device catches and identifies viruses

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on December 23, 2019, describes a novel device developed by a team of researchers at Penn State and New York University. Not only can this instrument capture different types of virus, it can tell what kind they are.

23 Dec 2019

Microsensor implants could be the future of minimally invasive health monitoring

Tiny subcutaneous implants that can continuously measure a person's blood glucose, heart rate and other physiological conditions are a Holy Grail of modern medicine.

23 Dec 2019

TAMEST's 2020 annual conference aims to catalyze research commercialization

Texas' premiere scientific research organization, TAMEST, will host a multi-disciplinary conference on innovation as part of TAMEST's 2020 Annual Conference: Innovating Texas in Dallas from January 7-9, 2020.

23 Dec 2019

Brain tumor 'GPS' maps soon be tested in clinical trials

A GPS map to guide neural navigation devices developed by a Case Western Reserve University cancer researcher has shown 90% accuracy in pinpointing brain tumors and will soon be tested in real time with patients at Cleveland Clinic under a three-year, $600,000 V Foundation grant.

22 Dec 2019

New software helps prevent ICU delirium and improve patient outcomes

Intensive care unit delirium, a fertile area of clinical research and patient care innovation associated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is beginning to reshape how commercial electronic health record systems are engineered with regard to intensive care.

22 Dec 2019

MIT engineers generate first laser ultrasound images in humans

For most people, getting an ultrasound is a relatively easy procedure: As a technician gently presses a probe against a patient's skin, sound waves generated by the probe travel through the skin, bouncing off muscle, fat, and other soft tissues before reflecting back to the probe, which detects and translates the waves into an image of what lies beneath.

21 Dec 2019

Artificial intelligence can detect AML with high reliability

Artificial intelligence can detect one of the most common forms of blood cancer - acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - with high reliability.

20 Dec 2019

Study: Number of e-cigarette users who began vaping at age 14 or younger has tripled

The number of e-cigarette users who began vaping at age 14 or younger has more than tripled in the last five years, say University of Michigan researchers.

20 Dec 2019

Advanced technologies can significantly improve healthcare quality, productivity, and access

Real transformation in healthcare through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, telecommunications, and other advanced technologies could provide significant improvements in healthcare quality, productivity, and access.

20 Dec 2019

New report highlights AI's potential to revolutionize health care

The role of artificial intelligence, or machine learning, will be pivotal as the industry wrestles with a gargantuan amount of data that could improve -- or muddle -- health and cost priorities, according to a National Academy of Medicine Special Publication on the use of AI in health care.

20 Dec 2019

Aarhus University to open new research center focusing on Ear-EEG technology

Researchers at the Department of Engineering are world leaders in brain measurement via a special device fitted in the ear like a hearing aid.

20 Dec 2019

Device / Technology News

FDA approves Control-IQ artificial pancreas system

Hitachi’s diagnostic imaging business will strengthen Fujifilm’s product line, says GlobalData

CEA-Leti’s lensfree microscope to be demonstrated at CES 2020

GlobalData: Leading medical robots used by the healthcare industry

Novela Neurotech’s “smart” neural interface displayed at Creative Destruction Lab

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Are health care claims overblown?

A new deep learning approach to predict disease-associated mutations

New stencil device enables plastic surgeons to perform realistic 3D nipple tattoos

A new kind of testing for patients with Parkinson's disease

Super fast novel device catches and identifies viruses

Microsensor implants could be the future of minimally invasive health monitoring

TAMEST's 2020 annual conference aims to catalyze research commercialization

Brain tumor 'GPS' maps soon be tested in clinical trials

New software helps prevent ICU delirium and improve patient outcomes

MIT engineers generate first laser ultrasound images in humans

Artificial intelligence can detect AML with high reliability

Study: Number of e-cigarette users who began vaping at age 14 or younger has tripled

Advanced technologies can significantly improve healthcare quality, productivity, and access

New report highlights AI's potential to revolutionize health care

Aarhus University to open new research center focusing on Ear-EEG technology

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