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Hill-Rom's Centrella Smart+ Bed Now Features EarlySense's Contact-Free Patient Monitoring
Hill-Rom and EarlySense have partnered to introduce contact-free patient monitoring into an already hi-tech patient bed. Hill-Rom's Centrella Smart+ bed now features EarlySense's sensor, which is able to track the patient's heart rate...
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Portable, Battery-Powered X-ray for Imaging Anywhere
Turner Imaging Systems announced it will be releasing its Smart-C X-ray device, which is a tiny C-arm designed for imaging the extremities at the point of care. The device can be used inside clinical offices, surgical suites, and even taken in...
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Spiration Valve for Severe Emphysema Approved in U.S.
Olympus landed FDA approval for its Spiration Valve System, a product designed to treat people suffering from severe emphysema. It's used to perform bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) procedures, which channel air away from...
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POPS! one System for Easy Blood Glucose Testing Cleared by FDA
POPS! Diabetes Care, a company based outside of Minneapolis, won FDA clearance for its unusual, but certainly innovative, POPS! one blood glucose monitoring system. The system consists of a device that can (optionally) stick to the back of...
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Equashield Uses Robots and Image Recognition to Handle Hazardous Drugs (Interview)
Although lifesaving, chemotherapy drugs are potentially hazardous to the pharmacists and other healthcare workers who routinely handle them. Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTDs) are used to move these drugs from one container to another, while...
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Medgadget Sci-Fi Contest 2018: Meet The Authors and Read Their Stories
From Jules Verne to Isaac Asimov, science fiction writers have inspired scientists, explorers, and thrill seekers to influence the future of humanity. While Sci-Fi may seem like it's about the distant future, more often than not it's commentary on...
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GE Healthcare's New Revolution Apex CT with Deep Learning Image Reconstruction
GE Healthcare unveiled a new CT scanner in its lineup of Revolution family of devices. The Revolution Apex device features the brand new Quantix 160 X-Ray tube and Deep Learning Imaging Reconstruction, a system built on GE's Edison platform to...
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Continuous Glucose Measuring Smartwatch, K’Watch Glucose, Expected Soon
PKvitality, a company based outside of Paris, France, has announced that it's getting ever closer to unveiling the world's first glucose measuring smartwatch. The K'Watch Glucose, as it's expected to be called, features the company's patented...
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Nanopore Sensor Exploits Artificial Intelligence for Specific Virus Detection
Researchers at Osaka University in Japan have developed a nanopore sensor to detect single influenza viral particles in a biological sample. The researchers used artificial intelligence to work out the “hallmarks” of the virus, which allowed...
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