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VivaLNK Wearable, Reusable ECG Now FDA Cleared
VivaLNK, a company out of Silicon Valley, has announced FDA clearance for its reusable multi-vital patch and a compatible software development kit. The device is stuck to the skin to record ECG waveforms, respiratory rate, heart rate, RR...
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AI Powers Personalized Medicine Approach to Detecting Hypoglycemia
Most patients with diabetes still rely on finger-prick blood tests to measure their glucose levels. Some use wearable continuous glucose monitors, but even those typically require twice daily calibrations against the finger-prick method. It has...
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Fluorescent Tags That Can't Be Copied to Verify Authentic Drugs
Sales of counterfeit drugs are disturbingly common around the world. Some patients end up not receiving necessary treatments, while others are harmed by ingesting whatever substances are inside the fake pills. Researchers at Purdue University...
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IoT Cybersecurity Regulations and Embedded Protection from Sternum (Interview)
By 2025, an estimated 75 billion internet of things (IoT) devices are predicted to be in use worldwide. This includes the growing number of connected medical devices, such as pacemakers, that patients rely on to sustain life. While some regulation...
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HealthChampion Digital Platform at CES 2020
Though CES in Las Vegas is an annual show of the latest gadgetry that companies around the world have been developing, there are also other players that are trying to make an impact in their own ways. We ran into one of the co-founders of...
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Deep Learning Method Developed to Aid Protein Docking, Speed Drug Research
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new deep learning algorithm, called DOVE, that can improve modelling of proteins and help create new drugs. The human body contains over 20,000 different types of proteins, which interact with...
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Mint Founder Launches EHR Solution for Hospital Emergency Departments
Aaron Patzer, CEO, Vital Earlier this year, Mint founder Aaron Patzer's newest venture, Vital Software Inc (Vital), came out of stealth mode with a $5.2M seed raise from First Round Capital and DFJ Ventures (now Threshold Ventures), as well...
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IllumiCare Report Finds More Providers Result in Longer Hospital Length of Stay (Interview)
When a hospitalized patient is engaged by more than three actively involved providers, the patient's length of say (LOS) increases by a little over half a day for each additional provider. The correlation exists even when risk-adjusting with...
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Tandem's t:slim X2 Insulin Pump Now with Control-IQ Auto Dosing
The FDA has just cleared the first intelligent insulin pump that can automatically administer correction boluses in addition to regulating insulin to prevent high and low blood sugar levels. Tandem Diabetes' updated t:slim X2 insulin pump works...
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