MAQUET Medical Systems USA today announced that its CARDIOHELP® System won Gold for "Best New Product of the Year" from the Best in Biz Awards. It also was selected as the second-place winner in the Capital Equipment Category of the 4th Annual Excellence in Surgical Products (ESP) Award from Surgical Products magazine. CARDIOHELP is the world's smallest portable heart-lung support system providing extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for up to six hours in patients whose heart and/or lungs are failing.
African sleeping sickness is an infectious disease that is widespread south of the Sahara Desert. Although the around sixty million people residing in tropical Africa run the risk of becoming infected with the disease every day, only around four million of them are monitored for the disease by disease-control authorities. TU Darmstadt bioscientists have recently developed a biosensor that provides simple, cost-effective, means for diagnosing incidences of the disease before it breaks out.
In keeping with its commitment to excellence and innovation, Masimo today announced the debut of the iSpO2™ pulse oximeter cable and sensor with Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion Masimo SET® technology for use with iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with 30-pin connector.
ZOLL® Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that its new FDA-cleared OneStep™ Pediatric CPR Electrodes are the only electrodes on the market with a built-in sensor that reports CPR quality on young children up to 8 years of age. This first-of-its-kind electrode provides optimal support for pediatric resuscitation when paired with the ZOLL R Series® Monitor/Defibrillator and its CPR Dashboard™.
A new listening device, developed by scientists from the University of Southampton, is being used to monitor the effectiveness of the treatment of kidney stones - saving patients unnecessary repeat therapy and x-ray monitoring.
Cooking Hacks, the open hardware division of Libelium, a wireless sensor networks platform provider for Smart Cities solutions, has released a new e-Health sensor platform to give the maker Community tools that use Arduino and Raspberry Pi open source hardware platforms to monitor patients’ conditions.
Supertex, a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced two new high voltage, twenty-four-channel analog switches -- HV2661 and HV2761. They are optimized for use in applications that require high voltage switching which is controlled by low voltage signals, as is commonly found in diagnostic medical ultrasound imaging, as well as in piezoelectric transducer drivers and printers.
An optical-fibre sensor that will help detect and diagnose cancers early is being developed by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology.
A new study published in BJS has demonstrated for the first time that a simple breath analysis could be used for colorectal cancer screening. The study is part of the “Improving Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer” supplement.
Children with implanted heart devices and their parents may report a lower quality of life than other kids and their parents. For children, self-perception, self-worth and athletic capability lowered quality of life. For parents, their child’s behavior was the biggest factor related to quality of life.
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