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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

Garmin International Announces vívosmart HR with Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Technology

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced the vívosmart HR, a touchscreen activity tracker1 with ElevateTM wrist heart rate technology that provides a full suite of smart notifications.

From Garmin 30 Oct 2015

Novel Sensor Monitors Usage of Inhalers

Rescue inhalers are commonly used by asthmatics, as necessary, during asthma attacks. But people with asthma sometimes use maintenance inhalers, on a prescribed schedule, to prevent attacks.

28 Oct 2015

Advances in PET Scanning Technology Helps Reduce Radiation Dosage

Researchers in Manchester have used recent advances in PET scanning technology to reduce the radiation dose for both patients and staff by up to 30%, allowing an addition of an annual 100 scans a year at Central Manchester University Hospitals.

28 Oct 2015

Prosthetic Limbs with Sense of Touch Through Direct Interface with the Brain

A new study led by neuroscientists from the University of Chicago brings us one step closer to building prosthetic limbs for humans that re-create a sense of touch through a direct interface with the brain.

27 Oct 2015

Blood Pressure Monitoring Testing Market Estimated to Grow at 11.5% CAGR During 2013-2019

The report, titled 'Blood Pressure Monitoring Testing Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019', shows that the market is growing at a CAGR of 11.5% from 2013 to 2019. It is expected to reach an estimated value of US$3,661.3 million by 2019, from a value of US$1,713.3 million in 2012.

22 Oct 2015

Buddi Integrates OriginGPS Nano Spider Module into Mobile Personal Emergency Alarm System

OriginGPS today announced that Buddi, a leader in the field of assistive technology, has integrated the Spider module into its mobile personal emergency alarm system.

19 Oct 2015

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