MedTech Innovator is a medical technology accelerator program that supports medtech companies in translating their technologies into beneficial products. Much of this support takes the form of competitions. At present, MedTech Innovator holds...
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a new respirator, conceived as an improvement on standard N95 masks. The transparent respirator contains sensors that allow users to know if the...
UV-Concepts, an Englewood, Colorado firm, is unveiling a new product that uses ultraviolet light to disinfect all kinds of portable medical equipment. The UV-C Enclosure (UVE) is a large reflective chamber inside of which anything from...
A group of researchers, including those at the University of Houston, has developed an air filter that can instantly kill SARS-CoV-2 viral particles that pass through it by heating them to 200 degrees C (392 F). The technology may help to...
Cleanrooms are important tools when manufacturing drugs, creating certain medical devices, performing specialized research, and for other tasks in a number of fields. Cleanrooms are typically located in built-to-suit facilities that can provide...
Zipline, a drone company based in Half Moon Bay, California, is unveiling its fastest, longest range, and easiest to setup drone for medical deliveries. The company's drones are already serving as couriers in Rwanda, delivering blood samples...
Equashield, a Port Washington, NY firm, will be unveiling their first automated compounding robot. Technically called Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTD), such devices essentially reproduce a needle and a syringe action to compound drugs,...
Impecca USA, a Wilkes-Barre, PA firm, is using consumer EEG technology to help you stay focused as you drive. The Alert Band device is worn on the forehead plus there's also an earlobe sensor for keeping eye on the heart rate.The system...
Grayhll (La Grange, IL), a company that makes all sorts of human interface devices, is releasing new high resolution touch panels for medical applications. The screens are able to track up to ten fingers at 4,096 x 4,096 (17 megapixel) accuracy....
Spectra254, a new company out of Danbury, Connecticut, is releasing its first product, the Spectra 1000 UVC light sanitation system. The device is used to bathe a room with high intensity ultraviolet light, in the process killing just about all the...
We here at Medgadget regularly cover new body-worn monitoring devices, and, judging by the way things are going, there's a lot more to come as sensors get smaller, more capable, and easier to manufacture. On top of that, flexible electronics are...