Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Friday, January 21st, 2011
A pair of white papers from IBM Rational can help you design smarter medical products. This is essential when you’re talking about life-critical products, such as cardiac support devices, patient ventilators and drug infusion pumps.
IBM has developed a proven design methodology that offers integrated and collaborative capabilities, based on the ...
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Miniaturisation continues to be a driver in medical technology. And as devices get smaller, the parts that make up the devices—and that make them work—have to shrink accordingly. Enter Freudenberg engineers, who claim to have developed and produced the world's smallest elastomer sealing ring.
The so-called Simmerring can seal shafts measuring ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
To state the obvious, emerging markets have different needs than developed economies. Consumers in India are not looking for a stripped-down Buick that guzzles gas and is impossible to navigate. Massive MRI machines will not have an impact on the rural population of Brazil that does not have the means ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM) is collaborating with a number of European partners in the development of ultra-low-power wireless body-area-network systems that will enhance human-machine interface (HMI) technology. Initial markets for the EC-funded Wear-a-BAN project include smart and interactive textiles and medical rehabilitation. Video gaming is also a target ...
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
A new form of hyperthermia treatment to combat cancer has been developed by an Ehime University spin off located in Ehime, Japan. The technology has been tested on animals, and Ehime’s AdMeTech Co. is now looking for investors to prepare the equipment for human use. Compared with existing systems, the new ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
I know, you've heard it before, but this time they really mean it! I'm not talking about plugging the oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico—at the time of writing it's too soon to know if operation "top kill" worked. This is about how telehealth will change the healthcare system ...
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Israeli scientists have discovered a way to create beating heart cells using human skin cells reprogrammed to become stem cells, reports ISRAEL21c. These finding could be used in the future to repair damaged or diseased tissues. Published in the latest issue of Circulation, the findings by Professor Lior Gepstein of ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Axiom Manufacturing Services’ facility in Newbridge, Wales, UK, is holding a workshop led by electronics consultant, Bob Willis, who will explain the major space-saving and processing speed advantages of PoP technology.
PoP can eliminate circuitry to reduce the board space required by up to 43% and enable higher-speed processing, given that ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Advanced Input Systems has been recognised as a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) winner for its Medigenic keyboard. Featuring a flat design that can be quickly cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants, the keyboard enables users to touch-type owing to its high tactile key response. The keyboard also includes an alert ...
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Experts at Birmingham City University have developed a lightweight headset that is to undergo trials at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The prototype, which is designed for surgeons to wear in theatre, is 70% lighter than those currently in use. The new headgear is wireless and features magnifying lenses, camera and lights ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Proud of its long and successful tradition in medical technology, Germany's med-tech industry stands out through innovative technologies, significant contributions to the health care system, above average growth rates and a high number of start-ups. Experts predict that the industry will continue to have high growth potential. To contribute to maintaining ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
The system developed by Dr Paul Gnanayutham of University of Portsmouth, UK, uses patients’ brain waves and eye and muscular movements (together termed biopotentials) to move a cursor on a computer. The targets to which a person can point the cursor at on the prototype device include “yes,” “no,”’ “thank ...
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