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Medicine A Virtual Care Platform for Respiratory Illness: Interview with Stacie Ruth, CEO of AireHealth Home A Virtual Care Platform for Respiratory Illness: Interview with Stacie Ruth, CEO of AireHealth Exclusive AireHealth, a medtech company based in Orlando, Florida, currently offers a portable nebulizer and companion app for respiratory patients aged two and over. The small nebulizer can be charged using a micro USB charger and then placed in a bag or pocket for easy transport and use on the move. The companion app is geared toward increasing patient engagement and medication adherence, which is important in maximizing therapeutic outcomes among chronic respiratory patients. Recently, AireHealth announced a merger with BreathResearch, a respiratory healthcare company based in Silicon Valley that specializes... The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a slew of new challenges for clinical facilities, including how to deliver as much care as possible at a distance. The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) Medical Hospital is working with Kyocera to be able to deliver rehab therapy to patients while closely monitoring their vital signs. The concern is that many COVID patients end up developing cardiac conditions and these, such as strokes and blood clots, are normally treated by rehab specialists post-surgery during in-person sessions. Because of...Read More People with lower limb paralysis generally don't get to enjoy the great outdoors nearly as easily as other nature lovers. Wheelchairs aren't designed to traverse rugged terrain and to go on long treks, but a couple in Utah wanted to design something they themselves can use to see the world and their ideas have led to The Rig. The Rig, also called Not a Wheelchair, is a four-wheeler that uses components from electric bicycles to power through all kinds of ground. Fat tires provide traction and they're attached to a...Read More Varian Medical Systems, based in Palo Alto, California, has announced that its Noona mobile service now has some new features, some of which are a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Noona is a cloud-based system that allows cancer patients to connect with their clinicians and clinics. Patients can record their symptoms and proactively manage their conditions. The idea is that issues can be flagged early and the resulting preemptive action could enhance patient outcomes. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, mobile solutions for patient care are now...Read More Boston Scientific has announced winning FDA clearance for its LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), an implant that can detect hard-to-spot cardiac arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation, and help diagnose their origin. The device's detection algorithm has two separate components, one of which detects a suspect arrhythmia and the other verifies the finding. Once an arrhythmia is confirmed, the wireless device sends a signal to the patient's cardiologist via an app installed on the patient's phone. Having a double-checking component within the implant's brains helps to prevent false positive alarms. To...Read More To study the complex functionality of groups of cells, and to one day build replacement tissues, researchers have been trying to find a way to generate artificial vascular networks capable of supplying oxygen and nutrients to thousands of cells. Extrusion 3D printing, in which a liquefied material is layered down and allowed to harden, has proven to be insufficient to produce fine structures with complex morphologies. Rice University scientists, with the help of others, have now developed a way of using laser-sintering of powdered sugars to produce highly detailed structures...Read More Philips won FDA approval for its HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The HeartStart FR3 is an advanced device intended for use by medical professionals, including paramedics, and features such capabilities as "quick shock" to minimize hands-off time, and military-level ruggedness, ECG monitoring for non-cardiac arrest victims, and a battery that can deliver up to 300 shocks from a single charge. The HeartStart FRx, on the other hand, is designed to be applied by bystanders to those nearby. It provides voice guidance, including on how to perform...Read More Retinal prostheses promise the restoration of vision to people with age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and other conditions that lead to the loss of functional photoreceptors. A number of technologies are already in existence that mimic the functionality of the retina by stimulating the inner retinal network, but most of these rely on wearable cameras, special glasses, computers, and wiring to interface with the eye. Moreover, the results are highly lacking and the achieved vision is extremely low resolution. At the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), scientists...Read More Researchers at Radboud University Medical Center in The Netherlands have developed a new AI algorithm for detecting diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The algorithm’s iterative approach identifies greater lesions than non-iterative approaches, and boosts specificity by approximately 10%, with diagnostic accuracy of about 80%. The algorithm annotates images to depict which lesions it finds concerning, helping guide physician decision-making. Machine learning systems have been developed to help spot a variety of cancers, detect eye lesions, and design biomolecules. Yet, a major critique of these by physicians is that they...Read More The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has set an exciting, yet ambitious timeline to get us back to the moon by 2024! But instead of merely planting a flag, playing a round of golf, and collecting some rocks to bring home, NASA hopes to establish a permanent lunar base that will eventually act as the launching point for crewed missions to Mars. If humans are to settle on the moon en route to exploring the "final frontier," they'll also need to figure out how to perform many tasks in...Read More GTX Medical, a medtech company with offices in The Netherlands and Switzerland, has announced that it received Breakthrough Device Designation for the Go-2 system, an implant that provides targeted epidural spinal stimulation therapy for patients with spinal cord injuries. The device aims to allow such patients to regain leg motor function and neurological control. At present, patients with lower limb paralysis caused by traumatic spinal cord injuries have limited options in terms of regaining substantial functional recovery. The Go-2 systems aims to change this for patients with a sufficient number...Read More Sweat excreted by the skin contains important biomarkers for a number of diseases, as well as being a critical parameter in athletic performance, overall body function, and even an early warning indicator of an oncoming illness. Measuring sweat output and its chemical composition, in an accurate and easily administered way, has been a challenge. Athletes and others would benefit from a wearable patch that can be stuck near sweat glands to continuously measure pH levels, glucose, salt content, and the overall amount of sweat produced. Making such patches has turned...Read MoreAireHealth, a medtech company based in Orlando, Florida, currently offers a portable nebulizer and companion app for respiratory patients aged two and over. The... July 2nd, 2020Sweat excreted by the skin contains important biomarkers for a number of diseases, as well as being a critical parameter in athletic performance, overall body... June 25th, 2020The introduction of the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) has been a game-changer in the field of diabetes management. For patients, CGMs drastically reduce the... June 24th, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a slew of new challenges for clinical facilities, including how to deliver as much care as possible at a distance. The Department... July 2nd, 2020Boston Scientific has announced winning FDA clearance for its LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), an implant that can detect hard-to-spot cardiac arrhythmias,... July 1st, 2020Philips won FDA approval for its HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The HeartStart FR3 is an advanced device intended for... June 30th, 2020Peripheral artery diseases and injuries to tissue reduce the amount of oxygen that reaches the affected muscles. Such ischemia is difficult to treat, as new vessels... June 24th, 2020Researchers at MIT recently developed an adhesive tape that allows surgeons to seal internal wounds and that can readily stick to slippery internal surfaces, as a... June 23rd, 2020Philips won FDA approval for its HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The HeartStart FR3 is an advanced device intended for... June 30th, 2020Neopenda, a medical device startup based in Chicago that has been featured on Medgadget previously, has recently adapted its wearable vital signs monitor,... June 17th, 2020Samsung is releasing its top-of-the-line RS85 Prestige diagnostic ultrasound system. The device sports Samsung's latest hardware and software technologies, such as... June 15th, 2020Samsung is releasing its top-of-the-line RS85 Prestige diagnostic ultrasound system. The device sports Samsung's latest hardware and software technologies, such as... June 15th, 2020Nines, a teleradiology company based in Palo Alto, CA, recently received FDA clearance for their NinesAI medical device, which supports the automated radiological... May 21st, 2020The FDA has granted Philips 510(k) clearance for its ultrasound systems to be used to address lung and cardiac complications that arise in COVID-19 patients. The... May 18th, 2020Samsung is releasing its top-of-the-line RS85 Prestige diagnostic ultrasound system. The device sports Samsung's latest hardware and software technologies, such as... June 15th, 2020Daxor Corporation, a company based in New York, has developed the BVA-100, a blood volume analysis test. The test is the first to be FDA approved for the... June 8th, 2020Lungpacer Medical, based in Vancouver, Canada, announced that its Diaphragm Pacing Therapy (DPT) System received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use in weaning... April 27th, 2020 The Connection Between Heart Attack and Sudden Cardiac Arrest and How ZOLL LifeVest Can Help For the hundreds of thousands of people who experience a heart attack annually, the life-threatening experience undoubtedly leads to further ... Pandemic Outbreaks in the Past Decade : Overview, Market Opportunities And Outlook Pandemic Outbreaks in the Past Decade Description Wiseguyreports.Com Adds “Pandemic Outbreaks in the Past Decade : ” To Its Research Database ...

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