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FDA Grants 510(k) Clearance to Propeller Health's New Platform with Low-Energy Sensor

World Asthma Day -- Propeller Health, the FDA-cleared digital health solution for chronic respiratory disease, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to market its latest generation of the Propeller platform, including a new sensor.

7 May 2014

Clarkson Student Investigates Multi-Input Biosensors for Targeted Drug Release

Clarkson University chemistry doctoral student Shay Mailloux of Chateaugay, N.Y., won the Best Graduate Poster Award at the fifth annual Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry & Biology Research Symposium on April 26 at SUNY Plattsburgh.

5 May 2014

Encouraging Results for Electronic Nose Consisting of Cluster of Nonspecific Sensors

We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have established that a novel noninvasive technique can detect prostate cancer using an electronic nose. In a proof of principle study, the eNose successfully discriminated between prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by "sniffing" urine headspace (the space directly above the urine sample).

2 May 2014

University of Arkansas Researchers Develop Wireless Health-Monitoring System

Imagine a physician, sitting in a stadium press box, equipped with technology that makes it possible to continuously monitor each player’s physiological signs that indicate concussion.

2 May 2014

Novel Water-Soluble Fluorescent Detection System May Help Early Detection of Cancer Cells

A research team lead by Academy Professor Kari Rissanen at the University of Jyväskylä has discovered a new water-soluble fluorescent detection system that is extremely sensitive to pyrophosphate (PPi).

26 Apr 2014

Injectable MRI Sensor Helps Track State of Tumors

Unlike healthy cells, cancer cells thrive when deprived of oxygen. Tumors in low-oxygen environments tend to be more resistant to therapy and spread more aggressively to other parts of the body.

26 Apr 2014

Sensors Integrated into Prosthesis Can Help Improve Medical Diagnosis

The task was to develop intelligent prosthetic joints that, via sensors, are capable of detecting early failure long before a patient suffers. EPFL researchers have taken up the challenge.

23 Apr 2014

NeuroPro Introduces NeuroTrail EEG Headset at ‘Imagining the Future of Medicine’ Conference

NeuroPro, a developer of innovative solutions for capture, analysis and visualization of brain signal data for medical and non-medical applications,today announceda novel electroencephalogram (EEG) headset, NeuroTrail, at the conference “Imagining the Future of Medicine”at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

From imec 22 Apr 2014

ACT Completes Financing for Developing RF Ablation Catheter for Cardiac Arrhythmias Treatment

Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Inc. ("ACT"), a medical device company that is developing a novel, temperature-sensing, irrigated, radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheter for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced today the completion of a new round of equity financing as well as several key appointments to its Board of Directors.

21 Apr 2014

MRI Images Fused With Real-Time Ultrasound for Accurate Detection of Prostate Cancer

Urologists at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer a powerful new tool for visualizing and monitoring the prostate in men who have high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and in detecting prostate cancer more accurately.

15 Apr 2014