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      Smartphone Photos to Detect Anemia

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      Ultrasound Catheter to Treat Hypertension

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      Antibacterial Smart Sutures Visible in CT Scans

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      Terahertz Spectroscopy to Assess Severity of Skin Burns

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      Scientists Grow Electrodes Inside The Body

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      Patient-Specific Soft Robotic Heart Replicas for Treatment Planning

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      Tiny Patch for Cardiac Ultrasound Imaging

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      Belt Monitors Heart Failure Patients

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      Exclusive Look at HandX Robotic-Assisted Surgical Device from Human Xtensions

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      Self-Assembling Peptides as a Bioink

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      3D Bioengineered Skin Grafts Fit Complex Anatomy

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      Antibacterial Smart Sutures Visible in CT Scans

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      Extra Hot Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

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      Making Tumors Tastier for the Immune System

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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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      Empowering Stroke Survivors: Interview with Kirsten Carroll, General Manager at Kandu Health

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      Smart Walking Stick for Visually Impaired People

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Gaurav

Gaurav Krishnamurthy, PhD is a Senior R&D engineer at a Bay Area based medical device start-up. Gaurav has a strong passion for medical device innovation and is interested in disruptive medical technologies that not only solve an unmet clinical need, but also bring down the cost of healthcare. Gaurav closely follows medical device trends in emerging markets and is fascinated by simple and inexpensive solutions to major healthcare problems. Gaurav earned his PhD and Master's in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University where he developed state of the art computational models of beating heart valves that can be used to design and test heart valve prosthetics. Gaurav was a Medtronic BioX Fellow at Stanford University. Gaurav also serves as a Senior Advisor to a Bay Area angel investment group focusing on mobile health and healthcare innovation.

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Jolt Sensor Allows for Real-Time Sports Head Impact Assessment Neurology

Jolt Sensor Allows for Real-Time Sports Head Impact Assessment

September 29th, 2014 Jolt (St. Louis, MO), is developing a head-worn sensor to better diagnose sports related concussions. The Jolt sensor, which originated as an engineering lab project at MIT, consists of a small clip that can attach to sports headgear such as helmets, goggles, and head bands. After an athlete's head accelerates in an unusual manner, the...
TMJ NextGeneration Device FDA Approved for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ENT

TMJ NextGeneration Device FDA Approved for Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

August 19th, 2014 TMJ Health (Farmington Hills, MI) has received FDA clearance for the TMJ NextGeneration Device to alleviate temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD) pain. TMJD affects the jaw joint, surrounding muscles, and nerves, leading to chronic pain and poor quality of life. According to the NIH, more than 35 million Americans suffer from TMJD,...
Amiigo, a Truly Different Activity Tracker: Medgadget Review Exclusive

Amiigo, a Truly Different Activity Tracker: Medgadget Review

August 18th, 2014 The activity tracker market is currently saturated with a plethora of products with varying degrees of accuracy when measuring and reporting the user's physical activity data. Most of the popular products like the Fitbit Force or Nike+ FuelBand still suffer from the inability to differentiate a simple hand motion while talking from an...
WEMU, Smart Clothing for Epilepsy Monitoring and Diagnosis (VIDEO) Neurology

WEMU, Smart Clothing for Epilepsy Monitoring and Diagnosis (VIDEO)

August 12th, 2014 A collaborative effort by a French medical device company (Bioserenity), a British epilepsy organization (Epilepsy Action), and a French epilepsy organization (Efappe) has led to the first of a kind smart clothing system and companion app that help monitor and diagnose epilepsy. Conventional epilepsy diagnosis and treatment rely on...
PlaqueTec Gains CE Mark for Liquid Biopsy System (VIDEO) Cardiology

PlaqueTec Gains CE Mark for Liquid Biopsy System (VIDEO)

August 8th, 2014 PlaqueTec (Cambridge, UK), has received CE Mark approval for its first of a kind Liquid Biopsy System that can be used to gather information from diseased arteries to better tailor treatment strategies for patients with cardiovascular disease. The Liquid Biopsy System, which is used along with conventional equipment in a catheterization...
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Cynosure Gains FDA Approval for PicoSure System for Acne Treatment

Cynosure (Westford, MA) has gained FDA clearance for the PicoSure system to treat acne scars. The PicoSure system uses short bursts of laser energy to photomechanically breakdown scars into smaller particles that are eliminated by the body, without adverse impact to the skin. Unlike competitive technologies that use nanosecond lasers,...
Sense, a Sleep Tracker and an Intelligent Alarm (VIDEO) Net News

Sense, a Sleep Tracker and an Intelligent Alarm (VIDEO)

August 4th, 2014 Hello, a San Francisco, CA-based company, is developing a sleep tracker that does not have to be worn by the user. The Sense sleep tracking system consists of the spherical Sense device that sits on a night stand, a discreet sleep tracking sensor called Sleep Pill that clips to a pillow, and a mobile app that integrates the spherical...
Boston Scientific Receives CE Mark for WallFlex Stent to Treat Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures GI

Boston Scientific Receives CE Mark for WallFlex Stent to Treat Refractory Benign Esophageal Strictures

February 18th, 2014 Boston Scientific has gained European approval for the fully covered WallFlex stent to treat refractory benign esophageal strictures. Benign esophageal strictures, caused by scar tissue that narrows the esophagus, are conventionally treated by dilating the esophagus over periodic intervals. Unlike conventional dilation treatment, the...
Atheromed Gains FDA Approval for Phoenix Atherectomy Device Radiology

Atheromed Gains FDA Approval for Phoenix Atherectomy Device

January 28th, 2014 Aptly-named Atheromed (Menlo Park, CA) has received FDA approval for the Phoenix Atherectomy System that treats peripheral artery disease (PAD) by removing plaque from arterial walls. The Phoenix Atherectomy System is introduced over a guide wire to the target location and uses a cutting element at the distal tip of the catheter to...
Atlas, a Fitness Tracker with Improved Exercise Identification and Repetition Counting Sports Medicine

Atlas, a Fitness Tracker with Improved Exercise Identification and Repetition Counting

January 21st, 2014 Atlas (Austin, TX) is developing a new fitness tracker that stands out from the plethora of similar devices on the market due to its accurate exercise identification capability. Most fitness trackers do a good job as pedometers, but are unable to accurately quantify exercise routines that involve repeated motion of the arms, such as...
Option Elite Retrievable Vena Cava Filter Gains FDA Approval for a New Over-The-Wire Delivery Technique Radiology

Option Elite Retrievable Vena Cava Filter Gains FDA Approval for a New Over-The-Wire Delivery Technique

January 21st, 2014 Argon Medical (Plano, TX) has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market a new over- the-wire delivery technique for the Option Elite Retrievable Vena Cava Filter. Physicians can now deliver the filter by using a guidewire, which improves the safety of the procedure and also allows for better centering of the filter within the inferior...
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Neuroimmune Modulation for Inflammatory Disease: Interview with Dr. Simhambhatla, President and CEO of SetPoint Medical

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Exclusive Look at HandX Robotic-Assisted Surgical Device from Human Xtensions

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

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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

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