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Cici Zhou

Cici Zhou is currently a resident physician at Kaiser Permanente. In the past, she has done management consulting for medical startups and worked as a researcher at UC San Francisco. As a physician, she's excited by the intersection of medicine + technology because of its ability to completely transform the industry and touch millions of lives.

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WalkWise Walker Attachment Helps Seniors Stay Safe and Mobile

May 19th, 2020 Falls have serious consequences for seniors, especially those who live alone. Medical alert devices can notify emergency services, but they are not always worn. In addition, they do not address fall prevention by encouraging active lifestyles and physical strengthening. WalkWise hopes to fill these gaps. The Fargo, ND-based...

Pain Management

Nevro Receives EU Approval for Senza Omnia Spinal Cord Stimulation System

May 18th, 2020 Nevro, a Silicon Valley-based company, announced that it has received CE mark approval for its Senza Omnia Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system for management of chronic pain. The device was FDA approved for chronic pain in November 2019. Nevro touts its device as the first and only that is designed to deliver all...

Radiology

AiRTouch Portable X-Ray Receives FDA Clearance, Can Be Used for COVID Diagnosis

May 11th, 2020 Aspenstate announced that it has received FDA clearance for the AiRTouch, a lightweight portable X-ray system that could be particularly useful for quickly obtaining chest X-rays of COVID-19 patients. The handheld device weighs in at 5.5 pounds (2.5 Kg) and resembles a large digital camera with a touchscreen. AiRTouch...

Cardiology

VitalPatch Wins FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID Patients

May 8th, 2020 VitalConnect announced that it has received FDA Emergency Use Authorization status for use of its VitalPatch to detect changes in the QT interval of hospitalized patients undergoing drug treatment for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, used to treat some COVID-19 patients, are associated with risk of prolonged QT...

Cardiology

LifeSignals Receives CE Mark for ECG Remote Monitoring Patch

May 8th, 2020 LifeSignals, based in Fremont, California, announced that it received the CE Mark for its LifeSignals ECG Remote Monitoring Patch. The patch, integrated with a remote monitoring platform, is designed as a continuous electrocardiography (ECG) and heart rate monitor. The ECG Remote Monitoring Patch is disposable and...

Public Health

Cleanbox Uses UVC to Decontaminate 100 Surgical Masks Per Hour

May 8th, 2020 In the era of COVID-19, surgical masks are a necessity for all healthcare workers and an effective way to curtail the spread of the virus within the general public. Since surgical masks are still in relatively short supply, companies and researchers have been working on ways to make available masks last longer. Cleanbox...

Public Health

University of Alberta and Local Non-Profit Develop Respirator Similar to N95

April 30th, 2020 Since the spread of COVID-19, medical face masks and N95 respirators have become very sought-after commodities. Unfortunately, they are also in short supply, pushing companies and researchers to develop alternative devices to filter out airborne particles. ACAMP, a non-profit organization in Alberta, Canada, collaborated with...

Critical Care

Lungpacer Diaphragm Pacer Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19

April 27th, 2020 Lungpacer Medical, based in Vancouver, Canada, announced that its Diaphragm Pacing Therapy (DPT) System received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use in weaning COVID-19 patients off of ventilators. Patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation may experience diaphragm disuse atrophy and ventilator-induced diaphragmatic...

Critical Care

Yale's Ventilator Splitter Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

April 20th, 2020 Vent Multiplexor LLC announced that it received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for its device that can split a single ventilator so that it can be used by two patients simultaneously. The Vent Multiplexor device was developed by a team of students and faculty at Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital. It is a...

Critical Care

TransAeris Diaphragm Pacing System Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Quicker Ventilator Weaning

April 16th, 2020 As hospitals face the possibility of ventilator shortages for COVID-19 patients, Synapse Biomedical announced that it received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for a device that helps wean patients off ventilators quicker. This, in turn, could free up ventilators for use by other patients. Weaning off of mechanical ventilation is...

Cardiac Surgery

Abbott TriClip Cleared in Europe for Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Repair

April 13th, 2020 Abbott announced that it received the European CE Mark for its TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair System, a minimally-invasive device for tricuspid regurgitation repair. Like many other valve repair devices, TriClip is designed for implantation using a minimally-invasive transcatheter procedure. Unlike other devices,...

Diabetes Management Tech for Type II patients: Interview with Jeffrey Brewer, CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical

Modified mRNA Demonstrates 10-Fold Protein Production

Toolbox to Study Ligand Binding for Enhanced Treatments

Ferrobot Swarms for Rapid Viral Testing

Fluorescence Imaging System Illuminates Tumor Depth

Soft Robot Grows Like a Plant to Travel Through Tight Spaces

Mining Ultrasound Data to Improve Liver Diagnostics: Interview with Beth Rogozinski, CEO at Oncoustics

Ultrasound Sticker for 48 Hours of Imaging

Monitoring Congestive Heart Failure Through Speech: Interview with Tamir Tal, CEO of Cordio Medical

Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

Battery-Free Light-Powered Pacemaker Now a Reality

Low Temperature Graphene Coating for Enhanced Wearables

Implantable Device Adheres to Muscle, Treats Atrophy

Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

Electrospun Construct Mimics Elasticity of Blood Vessels

Symani Microsurgical Robotic System: Interview with Mark Toland, CEO of Medical Microinstruments

Extra Hot Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

Making Tumors Tastier for the Immune System

Improved Membrane Coating for Anti-Cancer Nanoparticles

Magnetic Bacteria Target Tumors

Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

Fingertip Sensor Measures Lithium Levels in Sweat

Fabric Makes Electricity from Movement to Power Wearables

Wearable Uses Microneedles to Track Metabolism

Implantable Device Adheres to Muscle, Treats Atrophy

Non-Invasive Spinal Modulation for Cerebral Palsy

Implanted Magnets for Prosthetic Control

FDA-Approved At-Home Spirometer: Interview with Charvi Shetty, Co-Founder and CEO at Aluna