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New 'Earable' Sensor can Track Core Body Temperature in Real Time

With millions of people currently sporting fitness trackers on their wrists, wireless and wearable sensors are all the rage. Footsteps can be counted and heart rate and other important vital signs can be monitored using these devices.

21 Jul 2017

EarlySense's Home-Based Sensor Detects Apnea Episodes in Children for Early Intervention

EarlySense, the market leader in contact-free continuous monitoring solutions, announced today new research indicating that its EarlySense Live™ home-based sensor accurately detects sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children, when compared to polysomnography (PSG), the testing process used in clinics around the world to detect sleeping disorders.

13 Jul 2017

Masimo's Super Sensor Reduces Need for Multiple Sensor Types During Patient Monitoring

Masimo announced today the CE marking of the rainbow® Super DCI®-mini sensor, a reusable spot-check sensor that features Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry and rainbow SET™ technology with multiple physiologic measurements – including, for the first time, the ability to measure total hemoblogin (SpHb®), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®), methemoglobin (SpMet®), and arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) using the same noninvasive reusable sensor.

From Masimo Corporation 11 Jul 2017

Bandage Alerts Nursing Staff on the Condition of a Wound

A novel bandage is capable of providing alerts to nursing staff as soon as a wound starts healing badly. Sensors integrated into the base material glow with a different intensity if the pH level of the wound changes. This will help in monitoring even chronic wounds at home.

5 Jul 2017

Super-Sensitive Measurement Technique Could Aid Advancement in Medical Research, Environmental Monitoring

A new technique for measuring very small objects could pave the way to cheaper, more accurate sensors for use in fields such as gas detection and medical research.

3 Jul 2017

ams Releases New Current-to-Digital Converter for Use in Computed Tomography Scanners

ams, also known as AMS, is a globally leading supplier of high performance sensor solutions. On 28th June, 2017, the company released a current-to-digital converter for use in Computed Tomography (CT) scanners. This converter offers excellent linearity, very high resolution and ultra-low noise.

29 Jun 2017

New Pressure-Based Sensors Could Enable Simple, Affordable Detection of Diseases and Pollution

Traditional sensors can help when it comes to testing for environmental pollution, cancer, and food contaminants.

22 Jun 2017

Medical Team Implants Wireless Device Inside a Heart Failure Patient

In a Canadian first, a medical team has implanted a wireless device inside a heart failure patient, permitting clinicians to monitor the patient's cardiovascular status – virtually and in real-time – and proactively adjust treatment to prevent costly, potentially unnecessary hospitalization.

21 Jun 2017

Latest Version of sugarBEAT Sensor Achieves Major Improvement in Glucose Detection

Nemaura Medical Inc., a medical device company announced the latest version of the sensor component of it’s sugarBEAT® non-invasive wireless skin-patch has achieved a more than 300% improvement in glucose detection.

13 Jun 2017

Researchers Develop New Wearable System for Visually Impaired Users

For decades, computer scientists have been working on automatic navigation systems to help the visually impaired. However, it has been difficult to come up with something easy and reliable to use as the white cane, which refers to a particular variety of metal-tipped cane that visually impaired people mostly use to identify clear walking paths.

1 Jun 2017

Medical Sensor News

New 'Earable' Sensor can Track Core Body Temperature in Real Time

EarlySense's Home-Based Sensor Detects Apnea Episodes in Children for Early Intervention

Masimo's Super Sensor Reduces Need for Multiple Sensor Types During Patient Monitoring

Bandage Alerts Nursing Staff on the Condition of a Wound

Super-Sensitive Measurement Technique Could Aid Advancement in Medical Research, Environmental Monitoring

ams Releases New Current-to-Digital Converter for Use in Computed Tomography Scanners

New Pressure-Based Sensors Could Enable Simple, Affordable Detection of Diseases and Pollution

Medical Team Implants Wireless Device Inside a Heart Failure Patient

Latest Version of sugarBEAT Sensor Achieves Major Improvement in Glucose Detection

Researchers Develop New Wearable System for Visually Impaired Users

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