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The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
The latest innovation in cast/orthosis
Startup ActiveArmor has created a 3D printed cast/orthotic support device for injuries and pain that meets the…
Smart Virtual Assistants Could Revolutionize Dementia Care
Developing new virtual assistant technologies, such as Amazon Echo, should involve dementia sufferers, their carers…
Wearable Monitor Tracks Vital Signs for Health and Fitness Benefits
Designers can extract vital signs and raw data for their wearable designs with the MAX-HEALTH-BAND, as well as…
From Treatment To Prevention – How Tech Is Revolutionizing Healthcare
Undoubtedly, technology is improving the healthcare industry across the globe, by leaps and bounds. The…
Long-term implantable CGM system receives FDA approval
Senseonics has announced the FDA has approved its Premarket Approval (PMA) application to market the company's…
Introducing ROHM’s and Kionix’s Roki Sensor Node
ROHM and Kionix have introduced the RoKi Sensor Node, a component in the RoKi IoT Platform. The sensor node…
The top 5 technologies that are improving the healthcare system
Now that Electronic Health Records (EHR) have been implemented in over 95% of hospitals in the incentive program,…
AI is fighting back in the battle against cancer
As the technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and moves more to the fore in our daily lives, so the…
The earliest decisions that shape a human embryo
The factors that shape the destiny of a cell, like that of a fully formed person, remain something of a mystery.…
Imec presents novel organ-on-chip platform for drug screening
Imec has presented this week at its technology forum ITF 2018 (Antwerp, May 23-24), a novel organ-on-chip platform…