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      Nanopore Sensor to Study Protein Aggregation in Neurodegeneration

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      Biobots Use Optogenetic Muscle Actuators for Movement

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      Exciting Medtech at the Healthcareᐩ Expo Taiwan

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      Ultrasound Tornado Rapidly Disrupts Blood Clots

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      Exciting Medtech at the Healthcareᐩ Expo Taiwan

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      Fluorescence Imaging System Illuminates Tumor Depth

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      Soft Robot Grows Like a Plant to Travel Through Tight Spaces

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      Belt Monitors Heart Failure Patients

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      Camera Measures Blood Pressure with Quick Look

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

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      Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

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      Biobots Use Optogenetic Muscle Actuators for Movement

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      Implantable Device Adheres to Muscle, Treats Atrophy

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      Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

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      Electrospun Construct Mimics Elasticity of Blood Vessels

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      Making Tumors Tastier for the Immune System

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      Improved Membrane Coating for Anti-Cancer Nanoparticles

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      Magnetic Bacteria Target Tumors

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      Device Measures Hemoglobin More Accurately in Dark Skin

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      Fingertip Sensor Measures Lithium Levels in Sweat

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      Fabric Makes Electricity from Movement to Power Wearables

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      Wearable Uses Microneedles to Track Metabolism

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      Smart Walking Stick for Visually Impaired People

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      Implantable Device Adheres to Muscle, Treats Atrophy

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Vlad Frenk, MD, is a board-certified cardiac anesthesiologist and our editor. Dr. Frenk graduated with his Doctor of Medicine from the University of California San Francisco. He went on to fulfill his anesthesiology residency and cardiac fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. He is dedicated to clinical research and discoveries of new trends in medical technologies. He has been published his work for Medgadget and numerous scientific publications and has lectured on medical technologies topics.

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Soft Robotic Glove for Hand Grasp Rehab

October 7th, 2019 All sorts of conditions, including muscular dystrophy, ALS, and partial spinal cord injury, result in patients losing their ability to confidently grasp objects with their hands. Regaining this important capability is usually a priority, as it is one of the biggest impediments to living a normal life. Now, researchers at...
Hyperspectral Surgical Microscope to See Cancer Cells in Real Time Pathology

Hyperspectral Surgical Microscope to See Cancer Cells in Real Time

October 2nd, 2019 Since internal cancerous tumors usually look exactly like the healthy tissues around them, frozen section analysis is used during and after surgeries to confirm that the entirety of a tumor has been removed. This is a slow process that often leads to patients requiring follow-up procedures. Researchers at the University of Texas...
Loop-X Surgical Imaging Robot Unveiled Orthopedic Surgery

Loop-X Surgical Imaging Robot Unveiled

September 30th, 2019 Brainlab, out of Germany, just unveiled its flagship Loop-X mobile intraoperative imaging robot specifically designed for spinal surgical procedures. Developed by medPhoton, an Austrian company, the device is now the core of Brainlab's imaging offerings. The device offers 2D and 3D intraprocedural imaging, moving as necessary...
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Samsung Unveils Hera I10 Ultrasound System

September 27th, 2019 Samsung is unveiling its new Hera I10 ultrasound system designed for ob/gyn applications. The system integrates a motorized examination chair that can adjust from 18.9" to a height of 38.6", so patients don't have to put up with a conventional exam table. A large high-def display screen can be moved around as the clinician...
Seizure Control Device Delivers Drugs Inside Brain Materials

Seizure Control Device Delivers Drugs Inside Brain

September 5th, 2018 A collaboration between researchers at University of Cambridge in the UK and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and INSERM in France has developed a device that can sense electrical brain activity and deliver a pre-loaded drug dose in response. It has already been tried on mice undergoing seizures, releasing a native brain...
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Nanoparticle Swarms to Deliver Medical Therapies Across Body

September 4th, 2018 Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a way to get nanoparticles to group and move as swarms, similar to how hundreds of bees and birds can fly together. The technology may have implications for medicine, helping to guide nanoparticles toward certain organs or sites of cancer. The research team's...
Draper's Wireless Brain Implant to Make New Therapies Possible Neurology

Draper's Wireless Brain Implant to Make New Therapies Possible

August 31st, 2018 Draper, an engineering firm in Cambridge, MA, has developed a tiny wireless neuromodulation device that may be small enough to implant into the interior of the cranium right against the brain. Current brain stimulators are placed, like pacemakers, under the skin in the chest, with electric leads reaching out through the...
Nanobots Eat Up Nerve Agents and Release Life Saving Antidote Nanomedicine

Nanobots Eat Up Nerve Agents and Release Life Saving Antidote

August 21st, 2018 Chemists at Pennsylvania State University have been doing some remarkable work to create self-propelled nanobots, and lately the investigators have focused their attention on using nanobots to stop nerve agent attacks. The nanobots intake chemical compounds, react with them, and push the product of the reaction out of one end. This...
Facebook and NYU Using AI to Speed Up MRIs Informatics

Facebook and NYU Using AI to Speed Up MRIs

August 21st, 2018 Facebook, under criticism for its business practices, seems to be branching off into other industries including medicine. Case in point is a partnership with NYU School of Medicine's Department of Radiology to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve how fast MRIs can be performed. Currently, a simple scan of a knee...
VistaTablet for Monitoring Patients' Eight Vital Signs from Anywhere Medicine

VistaTablet for Monitoring Patients' Eight Vital Signs from Anywhere

August 20th, 2018 VitalConnect, a Silicon Valley firm, is releasing its brand new patient-monitoring handheld interface for its VitalPatch vitals monitor. The VistaTablet and and VitalPatch are both part of the company's Vista Solution, which allows clinicians to keep an eye on their patients ECG, heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate,...
MolecuLight Coming to U.S. for Easy Fluorescent Imaging of Wounds Surgery

MolecuLight Coming to U.S. for Easy Fluorescent Imaging of Wounds

August 20th, 2018 MolecuLight, a Toronto, Canada firm, won FDA de novo clearance for its MolecuLight i:X device that can photograph and video record the fluorescence of serious wounds and nearby tissues. The device can capture both regular light images as well as images taken when the scene is illuminated with an excitation light. No contrast agents...
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Balance Boards to Stay Active in the Offfice: Interview with Joel Heath, CEO of FluidStance 

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Exciting Medtech at the Healthcareᐩ Expo Taiwan

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Medgadget Visits Healthcareᐩ Expo Taiwan

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

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

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

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In-Office Pediatric Ear Tube Procedures: Interview with Preceptis Medical's Greg Mielke

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

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AI-Enhanced Prostate Cancer Treatment: Interview with Brittany Berry-Pusey, Co-Founder and COO at Avenda Health

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

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

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

Catheter-Free Urodynamics Testing: Interview with Derek Herrera, CEO at Bright Uro

Catheter-Free Urodynamics Testing: Interview with Derek Herrera, CEO at Bright Uro

AR Headset Helps Surgeons Place Implants: Interview with Louie Vogt of Enovis Surgical

AR Headset Helps Surgeons Place Implants: Interview with Louie Vogt of Enovis Surgical

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