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The Pacey Cuff Urethral Control Device: Interview with CEO and a Practicing Urologist
Pacey Medtech, based in Vancouver, Canada, has developed the Pacey Cuff, a urethral control device for urinary incontinence in men, post-prostate cancer treatment. Treating prostate cancer can sometimes lead to urinary incontinence, which can...
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Researchers Use Novel Machine Learning Strategy to Accelerate Brain-Computer Interface Training
Brain-computer interfaces are typically systems which measure neural activity and convert it into artificial output. These systems have shown great potential for assisted movement in patients with motor impairments. The interfaces typically work...
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Mechanical Devices Without Any Electronics Self-Report Usage to The Internet
Mechanical devices, particularly 3D printed ones, don't have much room for electronics and so they remain "dumb" in many ways. Electronics need a power source and integrating them within moving components that are already complex can create...
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Biodegradable Implant Stimulates Injured Nerves to Speed Up Healing
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine and Northwestern University created an implant to deliver electric impulses to damaged nerves, helping to heal them, and that eventually biodegrades and leaves the body. It's about the...
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Ohio State Studying Medical Aspects of Video Games in New Esports Program
At Ohio State University there's a new program to study various aspects of esports (competitive playing of video games), including medically related issues such as fatigue, long-term problems for players, and how the brain and muscles work...
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Feed.fm Brings Music to Mobile Health with Launch of Health.fm: Interview with CEO Jeff Yasuda
Studies have shown that listening to music can have clinically-beneficial side effects from lowering cortisol hormone levels that cause stress and anxiety to correlating highly with verbal memory improvement in stroke patients when compared to...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulator Doubles Movement Recovery in Stroke Patients
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have developed and helped to commercialize a vagus nerve stimulator therapy, which significantly enhanced movement recovery in stroke patients undergoing rehab in a recent study. The device,...
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Paraplegic Man Walks Again Thanks to Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulator
A man completely paralyzed below the thoracic vertebrae in the middle of his back, which he injured in a snowmobile accident a few years ago, is now able to walk again. This was made possible thanks to researchers at Mayo Clinic and UCLA who...
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Spray-On Electronic Skin as Tactile Sensor for Prostheses
Prosthetic arms and legs of the future will have tactile sensitivity as a feature, but a lot of work still has to be done to get there. A couple issues that have proven to be engineering challenges is how to cover complex 3D surfaces, such as...
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