Building a Foundation on Security and Compliance
Recent high-profile security breaches in the retail, finance, and insurance industries underscore the need for organizations to keep data secure across a wide network of devices and systems accessed by customers, vendors, and remote workers. In the healthcare industry particularly, concerns over protecting...
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 15, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics computer medical device security Source Type: news
480 Biomedical Receives $1 Million to Improve Pediatric Scaffold
Sarah Mangiola
The biomedical engineering company has been given an award to further develop its scaffold to treat pediatrics with pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS).
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 11, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Quadriplegic Uses Thought to Move His Hand
Richard Gawel
Neurobridge technology enables Ian Burkhart to move his paralyzed hand simply by thinking about it. A chip implanted in his brain sends signals to a computer that decodes and recodes them before sending them to a sleeve that stimulates the muscles required to execute the desired movements.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 11, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
Paraplegic Uses Thought to Move His Hand
Richard Gawel
Neurobridge technology enables Ian Burkhart to move his paralyzed hand simply by thinking about it. A chip implanted in his brain sends signals to a computer that decodes and recodes them before sending them to a sleeve that stimulates the muscles required to execute the desired movements.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 11, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
ReWalk Allows Paraplegics to Walk Again
Sarah Mangiola
The ReWalk Robotics device is a new system that could help the 200,000 Americans suffering from lower body paralysis (paraplegia) walk again.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Design-Engineering Source Type: news
AMETEK Acquires Optical Equipment Supplier Zygo
Sarah Mangiola
Zygo deal adds optical metrology instruments, high-precision optical components, and complex electro-optical systems design and manufacturing services to AMETEK’s existing line.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 3, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Electronics Source Type: news
Looking to Automated Compounding Systems to Remove Human Error
The 2012 meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections continues to be a tragic reminder of the risks inherent in manual medication compounding. Unsanitary conditions at the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made the injections, resulted in fungal contamination of the drugs.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 1, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Components Source Type: news
Meeting the Challenge of Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring
Since its startup, Integrity Applications and its CEO, Avner Gal, have kept a sharp focus on improving glucose monitoring.
Avner Gal, CEO of Integrity Applications, LTD is a man of many talents. He and his company have developed a non-invasive glucose monitor for adult diabetics, but to know the man, you have to go back to the beginning.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 1, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Design-Engineering mHealth Source Type: news
Helmet Sensor System Detects Life-Threatening Concussions In Real Time
Sarah Mangiola
The flexible sensor system enables simultaneous monitoring of all players on a given team.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 30, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Design-Engineering Source Type: news
USB3 Arrives for Medical Imaging
Thanks primarily to its ease of use, USB has become the backbone for wired data connectivity in a wide range of medical electronics devices. In particular, portable and home-based healthcare monitoring devices have benefited from the “plug-and-play” simplicity of USB connections.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 29, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Tracking a Medical Device Recall Is No Easy Feat
Millions of Americans use medical devices on a daily basis to live better and longer. There’s no doubt that new and innovative devices are having a huge, and sometimes life-saving impact. Why then have medical device recalls increased substantially in the last 10 years? According to a recent U.S.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 27, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Business Design-Engineering Source Type: news
International Space Station Serves as Medical Testing Ground
Sarah Mangiola
NASA, NIH, and CASIS teams are conducting experiments, such as T cell activation and osteocytes studies, at the U.S. national lab portion of the International Space Station.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 27, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics News Source Type: news
Greenville Health System Employees Managing Diabetes with mHealth
Sarah Mangiola
The M2M solution for GHS employees with diabetes is currently being used on a pilot basis.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 25, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics mHealth Source Type: news
Applying Tech Design and Engineering to Medical Devices
Some of the best new technologies and devices for the medical industry are coming from companies outside the medical establishment.
Medical devices, implantables in particular, need components that are the best of the best. Companies that are well established in other industries are now adding their expertise to create innovative medical devices.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 25, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Electronics Components Design-Engineering Implantables mHealth Source Type: news
Study: Slow Growth for MedTech Device Prices
Sarah Mangiola
AdvaMed’s 23-year study contradicts what is believed to be known about the high cost of medical device technology.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - June 23, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Source Type: news
