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Lucid M1 Transcranial Ultrasound Cleared in Europe to Help Assess Brain Damage
The Lucid M1 from Neural Analytics (LA, CA), an ultrasound brain damage assessment system that we named as one of Medgadget’s Best Medical Technologies of 2016, has now received European Union CE Mark clearance. The Lucid M1 utilizes Doppler...
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Noraxon myoMETRICS Portable Lab: Interview with Brent Perkins, President and Coleman Bessert, Director of Biomechanics
Human biomechanics involves studying the reaction of the human body under various forces and stimuli. Biomechanics experts investigate how the musculoskeletal system works under different conditions and how it interacts with the environment. The...
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Military Developing Wearable System for Detecting Blasts, Assessing Concussions
The U.S. military's Office of Naval Research (ONR) is reporting that it's developing a system called BLAST (Blast Load Assessment Sense and Test) capable of detecting shocks powerful enough to cause concussions and to help assess the potential...
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Omron Shows Off Project Zero 2.0 Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
Last year at CES, we had the opportunity to preview Project Zero, a new generation of Omron blood pressure monitors that take the commonly used and clinically-validated inflatable cuff method and fits it into a wrist-worn wearable. At this...
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GE Releases New Portable Ultrasound, The Vscan Extend
GE Healthcare, the company that wowed the world with its tiny Vscan ultrasound a number of years ago, is unveiling a new device for performing ultrasound exams in a variety of settings. The Vscan Extend features two ultrasound probes built into...
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Wearable Wristband Painlessly Measures Glucose and Lactic Acid Levels
In recent years, the annual CES in Las Vegas has been the place for companies to announce what they think will be the next greatest wearable. While we've typically been less than impressed with the new offerings in past years, PKVitality showed...
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VERA: Virtual Physical Therapy in the Comfort of Your Own Home
Reflexion Health, a digital healthcare company based in San Diego, has been busy promoting their Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation Assistant (VERA) since receiving FDA clearance in November of 2015. VERA is an all-in-one device that utilizes a...
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LEVL Measures Acetone in Breath to Detect Body Fat Burning
Medamonitor, a division of GM Nameplate, a Seattle, WA company, received FDA Class I certification for its LEVL acetone breath testing device. Designed for detecting how well your body burns fat, rather than for indirect blood glucose testing,...
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Miniature Sensor Measures Velocity of Blood Flow Below Skin
Kyocera Corporation out of Kyoto, Japan has announced the development of a tiny optical sensor for measuring blood flow within subcutaneous tissue. Readings from such a device may help assess how injured tissue is healing, produce evidence...
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