Category: Technology & Devices
SABIC, PDI collaborate to address disinfection issues of medical devices
To give manufacturers new options for designing medical equipment while still addressing the disinfection demands of today’s healthcare environment, Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) teamed up with PDI in a joint study on the environmental stress cracking resistance (ESCR) of […]
Tiny titanium implant makes dialysis easier and less painful
The kidneys are the natural filters of the human body. Their function is to eliminate waste and excess water from the blood to avoid any harmful effects to the body. But people with failing or damaged kidneys are not able […]
Mobile technology program helps smokers in India quit
An estimated one million people die in India every year from tobacco-related illnesses, which could have been avoided by stopping tobacco use. But the government of India also recognizes the difficulty of quitting tobacco. To help consumers stop tobacco use, […]
First nasal-only oxygen mask uses medical TPE
Relying on the sealing and cushioning capabilities of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), a small innovative company has addressed a longstanding problem in procedures involving sedation by creating the first nasal-only alternative to the standard full-face oxygenation and ventilation masks that […]
US FDA-approved artificial pancreas first of its kind in global market
The world’s first artificial pancreas, which replicates the functions of a healthy pancreas, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for market release. The artificial device, developed by Ireland-based medical technology development company Medtronic Plc, is […]
RightEye gets rights to eye tests for early detection of autism, Parkinson’s
The exclusive rights to two internationally recognized eye movement tests that help doctors more accurately and objectively identify early stages of autism in children 12 to 40 months old, and aids in detecting Parkinson’s disease in patients of all ages […]
Revolutionary wheelchair offers functional upright mobility on any terrain
There are around 70 million wheelchair users worldwide, but only 10% of that group has the sufficient upper body function to use devices that can help them stand and walk like crutches or the ReWalk robotic exoskeleton, according to Oren […]
Surgical robot used for the first time to operate inside a man’s eyes
A team of surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital in the UK have successfully used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight for the very first time. The device was controlled via a joystick to remove a […]
3D bone-scanning technique without X-ray radiation exposure
A new revolutionary bone-scanning technique that produces extremely high-resolution 3D images without exposing patients to X-ray radiation has been developed by chemists from Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). Luminescent compounds are attached […]
3D-printed shape-memory polymers to aid in drug delivery, solar panel tracking
In a new research that is supported in part by the SUTD Digital Manufacturing and Design Centre (DManD) and the SUTD-MIT joint postdoctoral programme, engineers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are […]
