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Stanford Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'
May 16, 2013 | by Thomas Sumner, Stanford News Service | News | Comments
Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart.
Security Risks Found in Sensors for Heart Devices
May 17, 2013 12:13 pm | by University of Michigan | News | Comments
The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac...
Nanotechnology Could Help Fight Diabetes
May 17, 2013 11:52 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | Comments
Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type...
UT Arlington Physicist's Tool Has Potential for Brain Mapping
May 17, 2013 11:48 am | by University of Texas at Arlington | News | Comments
A new tool being developed by UT Arlington assistant professor of physics could help scientists...
Compact 6W DC/DC Converters
May 17, 2013 5:13 pm | by MDT Staff | Micropower Direct Llc | Product Releases | CommentsThe MA600MHI series from MicroPower Direct is a family of compact, 6W DC/DC converters fully approved to both EN 60950 and EN 60601. They are specifically designed to meet the stringent isolation, reinforced insulation and low leakage requirements of medical grade equipment.
Class-Leading Microcontroller Series
May 17, 2013 4:55 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe STM32F401 is the entry-level microcontroller in STMicroelectronics’ high-performance STM32F4 series featuring the ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit/DSP core. While running at lower frequency than other STM32F4 devices, it balances performance, power consumption and integration and claims the lead in its class.
Starter Kit Speeds Up Commissioning
May 17, 2013 4:44 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsWith its new StarterKit, Nanotec Electronic is providing companies with a complete solution for choosing and commissioning the optimum drive. Various motor settings can easily be tested, and different operating modes such as open loop and closed loop can be compared.
550°F Bench Oven
May 17, 2013 4:24 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsNo. 983 is an electrically-heated 550°F bench oven from Grieve, currently used for curing medical instruments. 3KW are installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements. Workspace dimensions are 26” wide x 22” deep x 16” high.
Alumina Substrate and Medical Equipment Resistors
May 17, 2013 4:13 pm | by Mike West, Ohmite | Articles | CommentsThis article will walk through the various characteristics of these resistors, including high resistance values, high voltage handling, small size, resiliency, and more, to demonstrate how they might aid in the design of medical devices.
Addressing Health Data Security with Today’s Devices
May 17, 2013 3:13 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Managing Editor, ECN | Blogs | CommentsWhile the advent of electronic health data offers impressive potential when it comes to treatment and diagnosis, it brings with it a host of security issues. The issue is cumbersome and often slow-moving regulatory bodies are scrambling to keep up with the quickly changing landscape of the medical world and they’re leaving a path of semi-regulation in their wake.
New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming ('Exergaming') to Improve Children's Health
May 17, 2013 11:44 am | by Elsevier Health Sciences | News | CommentsLevels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii), has become popular, and may provide an alternative form of exercise to counteract sedentary behaviors.
Diagnosing Heart Attacks: There's an App for That
May 17, 2013 11:42 am | by American Heart Association | News | CommentsAn experimental, inexpensive iPhone application transmitted diagnostic heart images faster and more reliably than emailing photo images, according to a research study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013.
PENTAX Medical And Hitachi-Aloka Medical Continue Joint Innovation And Global Leadership In Endoscopic Ultrasound Systems
May 17, 2013 8:15 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsMONTVALE, N.J., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PENTAX Medical, a healthcare industry leader in endoscopic imaging, and Hitachi-Aloka Medical, a global leader in ultrasound imaging, recently announced renewed collaborative efforts between the two global companies to enable further...
Thoratec Announces FDA Approval Of HeartMate II Pocket Controller
May 17, 2013 8:00 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsPLEASANTON, Calif., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ: THOR), a world leader in device-based mechanical circulatory support therapies to save, support and restore failing hearts, today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug...
EnteroMedics Completes VBLOC Therapy Pre-PMA Meeting With FDA
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsEnteroMedics Inc. (NASDAQ: ETRM), the developer of medical devices using neuroblocking technology to treat obesity, metabolic diseases and other gastrointestinal disorders, today announced that the Company completed a pre-PMA (Premarket Approval) application meeting with the U.S. Food and...
Small Brushless Dual-Shaft Motor
May 16, 2013 4:49 pm | by MDT Staff | Allied Motion | Product Releases | CommentsAllied Motion has announced the KinetiMax 32EB-DS, an extremely compact brushless DC motor with a dual output shaft. This KinetiMax is an outer rotor motor and has two identical shafts and two identical bearings capable of handling high side loads on both sides of the motor.
Indego Exoskeleton: The Advancement of Human Motion Control
May 16, 2013 3:59 pm | by Melissa Barnes, Associate Editor, MDT | Parker Hannifin Corporation | Articles | CommentsWhen it comes to wearable robotics and exoskeletons, the engineers behind the Indego Exoskeleton are striving to be at the forefront of this emerging technology. Parker Hannifin, with the cooperation of Vanderbilt University, created an exoskeleton with one primary goal in mind—to create a useful, well designed, user friendly, empathetic product that would improve the lives of its users.
Low Cost High Resolution 6GHz Counter-Timer
May 16, 2013 3:29 pm | by MDT Staff | Saelig Co. Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSaelig has introduced the TF960, an economical 6GHz bench/portable frequency counter. It features a high quality temperature compensated internal frequency reference, which has a low aging rate and is stable to within ±1ppm over the full temperature range.
Neuro Kinetics in Tech Transfer Licensing Deal With Oregon Health & Science University
May 16, 2013 3:09 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMedical device manufacturer Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI) said today that it has licensed rights to patented diagnostic software developed at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) (www.ohsu.edu) that enables medical researchers to perform Pulse-Step-Sine Rotation...
