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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

New Implantable Biosensor Could Monitor Cell-Level Changes in Patients

The idea behind Efferent Labs – implanting a device containing living cells into the body to act as a biologic sensor – has attracted the attention of the scientific community.

29 May 2017

New Medical Sensors Design Experience to be Highlighted at Sensors Expo & Conference

Sensors Expo & Conference, the nation's leading event focused exclusively on sensors and sensor-integrated systems, will feature a new Medical Sensors Design Experience highlighting the innovation and opportunities for healthcare and medical sensor application development.

26 May 2017

Researchers Develop Sensor-Controlled Handheld Device to Treat Glue Ear Disorder

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has developed a novel handheld device, known as CLiKX, for the treatment of a condition called Otitis Media with Effusion, or ‘glue ear’, which is the leading cause of hearing loss and visits to the doctors among children worldwide.

25 May 2017

Researchers Build Sensors Capable of Detecting Disease Markers in Breath

A tiny, thin square of an organic plastic that can detect toxins in a building’s air or disease markers in breath could soon be the center of portable, disposable sensor devices. By perforating the thin plastic films with pores, researchers from University of Illinois made the devices sufficiently sensitive to detect at levels that are far too low to smell, yet are vital to human health.

19 May 2017

ASU Professor Aims to Develop Disposable, Point-of-Care Biosensor for Health Monitoring

As an electrical engineer, Associate Professor Jennifer Blain Christen has spent a good portion of her career dabbling in different fields.

19 May 2017

Medical Sensor News

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

New Implantable Biosensor Could Monitor Cell-Level Changes in Patients

New Medical Sensors Design Experience to be Highlighted at Sensors Expo & Conference

Researchers Develop Sensor-Controlled Handheld Device to Treat Glue Ear Disorder

Researchers Build Sensors Capable of Detecting Disease Markers in Breath

ASU Professor Aims to Develop Disposable, Point-of-Care Biosensor for Health Monitoring

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