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Fine-Tuned Electric Potential Sensing Technology Helps Detect Electrical Activity of Developing Hearts

Highly sensitive sensors have been successfully used to map the electrical activity of the developing heart in embryos, in a University of Sussex study published today (10 November 2015).

11 Nov 2015

MEDICA 2015: ForaCare Suisse Showcases Innovative FORA Diamond Blood Glucose Monitors

ForaCare Suisse AG located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, announced today it is featuring its line of FORA® Diamond blood glucose monitors at MEDICA 2015 and spotlighting its innovative device that produces sound results. The FORA® Diamond VOICE provides an audible simulated human voice to deliver blood glucose measurements to elderly and hearing and visually impaired patients.

11 Nov 2015

UMass Medical School Researchers Working on Ways to Remotely, Noninvasively Monitor Cardiac Patients

Researchers at UMass Medical School are working on ways to remotely and noninvasively monitor patients with serious cardiac disease in the hopes of keeping them healthier and preventing emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

5 Nov 2015

Sensitive and Low-Cost Biosensor Measures Glucose Level in Saliva

Diabetic patients have to monitor blood glucose regularly and frequently, but conventional method of taking blood sample for measuring glucose level is painful. It is therefore important to develop high performance biological sensors for monitoring the glucose level at a reasonable cost.

3 Nov 2015

CASMED Sells Assets Related to 740 SELECT Vital Signs Monitoring Product Line to Zoe Medical

CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (CASMED), a leader in medical devices for non-invasive patient monitoring, announces the sale of assets related to its 740 SELECT® vital signs monitoring product line to Zoe Medical, Inc. The sale of the 740 SELECT product line coupled with the phase-out of earlier generation monitors completes the Company's exit from the vital signs monitoring market.

2 Nov 2015

New Method Brings Down Production Time for High-Tech Flexible Sensors

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a method that cuts down by half the time needed to make high-tech flexible sensors for medical applications. The advance brings the sensors, which can be used to monitor vital signs and brain activity, one step closer to mass-market manufacturing.

30 Oct 2015