Lura Health has developed a tiny, wireless oral sensor for saliva monitoring to track acidity and much more in the years ahead. The company aims to start by noninvasively measuring saliva acidity to help prevent tooth decay, which is the most prevalent health condition globally and the most common chronic disease in children and young…
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Being in China when COVID-19 hit might not seem like a stroke of good luck, but it paid off for Lura Health’s sensor miniaturization efforts. Without a physical presence in Shenzhen, the minature sensor startup might not have been able to line up a battery supplier willing to take on the demanding needs of Lura…
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Medtech supplier TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) today released financial results for its fiscal Q3, falling short of analysts’ sales expectations but exceeding expected earnings. Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based TE Connectivity said medical market performance in its industrial segment continues to improve. The company provides connectivity and sensor solutions for medical applications and a broad range of other industries.…
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new approach allowing a robotic hand to rotate objects solely through touch. The UCSD method enables a robotic hand to do so without relying on vision. Using their technique, the engineers built a hand that can smoothly rotate a range of objects, including small toys…
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A 3D-printed COVID-19 breath test delivers results within 60 seconds from just one or two breaths, according to Washington University in St. Louis researchers. It’s the same team that recently developed an air monitor that can detect the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus in the air within minutes. Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering and the…
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A team of engineers at MIT have developed a novel sensor that could detect molecules typically identified by naturally occurring cell receptors. The prototype sensor can detect an immune molecule called CXCL 12. They say this could help develop a routine screening system for hard-to-diagnose cancers or metastatic tumors. The technology could also be used…
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Medtech supplier Intricon today announced plans to open Costa Rica’s first facility dedicated to the development and manufacturing of medical devices with microelectronics, biosensors and electromagnetic navigation (EMN) sensors. St. Paul, Minnesota-based Intricon’s Costa Rica location in Grecia’s Evolution Free Zone is scheduled to open next year. The company will add production jobs in the…
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Medical devices have yet to tap nitinol’s shape memory properties, but that’s just one breakthrough Adona Medical hopes to achieve with its adjustable, bi-atrial-sensing heart shunt. Adona Medical co-founder and CEO Brian Fahey’s presentation on his shunt device startup’s aspirations elicited palpable interest from the cardiologists in the room at CSI Frankfurt. “You plan to…
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Researchers at Stanford used baby aspirin-sized sensors implanted in the brain to guide speech from a person’s mind to a computer. The devices transmit signals from speech-related regions in the brain to state-of-the-art software. That software decodes brain activity and converts it to text displayed on a computer screen. Pat Bennett, 68, received a diagnosis…
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Competing brain-computer interface (BCI) developers Synchron and Neuralink both announced big news this month as they move their dueling neuroimplant technologies forward. The device developers each have FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for their experimental BCIs. They’ve also got billionaires backing their R&D and regulatory efforts, with Neuralink owned by Elon Musk and Synchron funded…
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As clinicians increasingly rely on electromagnetic surgical navigation, strategic sensor decisions can be the difference between device failure and market success. By Trent Birkholz and Sam Puent, Intricon Though fluoroscopy has long been the standard in surgical navigation, it subjects clinicians and patients to undesirable X-ray exposure, has limitations for procedures with certain imaging needs…
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Canary Medical founder and CEO Dr. Bill Hunter said the smart ortho implant developer just passed a major milestone, logging a millennium’s worth of patient follow-up. That’s 1,000 years of day-by-day follow-up on patients after they’ve had a joint replaced, he said, collecting data that helps Canary Medical’s remote patient monitoring system measure and analyze…
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Zimmer Biomet’s robotics, technology and data president offers data integration advice, identifies opportunities beyond orthopedics and discusses tech she’s looking for. Zimmer Biomet is collecting more data than it knows what to do with — and that’s a great opportunity, says Liane Teplitsky. Teplitsky is the orthopedics developer’s president of global robotics and technology and…
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NEWS RELEASE: Presto and T&W Engineering Announce Long-Term Partnership to Advance Wearable Brain Sensing The companies are collaborating on the development of a patient-centric in-ear device that measures EEG to enable digital biomarkers for neurological disorders and brain health. Meyreuil, France—November 2, 2023—Presto Engineering, a European leading expert in application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design and…
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NEWS RELEASE: Zeto Exhibits at Neuroscience 2023 and Will Sponsor EEG Clinical Trials SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Zeto, Inc., an innovative EEG brain monitoring company, is excited to make two significant announcements as the company continues to expand the boundaries of brain monitoring. Zeto is proud to announce its inaugural participation at the Neuroscience 2023…
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NEWS RELEASE: OMNIVISION Launches New OVMed® Image Signal Processor for Up to 2MP Medical Endoscope Cameras New OVMed® OH0131 ISP is an easy-to-implement solution with an advanced feature set that supports high quality, reliability and cost-effectiveness SANTA CLARA, Calif. – OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor solutions, including advanced digital imaging, analog, and touch & display technology, today…
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Empatica Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marisa Cruz discusses advances in wearable technology and how new digital biomarkers could advance medtech. Dr. Marisa Cruz envisions a future where unobtrusive wearable devices with advanced sensors will continuously measure and record actionable biodata without patients having to lift a finger. Cruz is an endocrinologist and internist who serves…
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A startup working on sensor technology developed at UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering brought in $4 million in venture capital seed funding. The team aims to commercialize a sweat-based diagnostic platform technology. The initial product, a non-nvasive glucose test, uses omnipresent sweat on fingertips to measure glucose levels. This removes the need for people with…
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Researchers say they developed an electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) vest that could help predict sudden cardiac death risk. A team at University College London (UCL) says detailed mapping of the heart’s electrical activity was previously rare. It either required catheter insertion or single-use devices that prove costly and time-consuming. Plus, those devices could involve radiation. This…
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Researchers at MIT developed a new diagnostic based on nanosensors that patients can inhale through an inhaler or nebulizer. If the sensors encounter cancer-linked proteins in the lungs, they produce a signal that accumulates in urine. Patients can then take a urine test with a simple paper test strip and it reveals the potential presence…
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A new type of mechanical sensor developed by researchers in Switzerland could eliminate the need for batteries in this type of technology. The reach of these battery-free sensors could extend to medical devices, too. Marc Serra-Garcia and ETH Zurich geophysics professor Johan Robertsson led a team of researchers developing the technology. The creators applied for…
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego used a new manufacturing approach to build sensors capable of recording activity deep within the brain. Such technology could bring wireless monitoring of patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy for extended periods of time (up to 30 days) as they go about their daily lives. Researchers also see broader…
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Researchers at UCSD say they developed a neural implant that can gather information about activity deep inside the brain while sitting on its surface. The UCSD team used a thin, transparent and flexible polymer strip packed with a dense array of graphene electrodes. They tested the technology in transgenic mice and say it brings them…
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Tushar Sharma at J&J Medtech’s Biosense Webster discusses pulsed field ablation (PFA) catheter shapes, sensors, electrodes and device design tips. Biosense Webster’s pulsed field ablation (PFA) catheter design and development starts in the heart. That’s where PFA treats atrial fibrillation (AFib) by killing cardiac cells to isolate errant heart signals and prevent them from triggering…
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The device developer is tapping tech both old and new, explains Eko Health co-founder and CEO Connor Landgraf. Eko Health is souping up an old technology for a powerful new way to help detect early signs of heart failure. Eko won FDA clearance for an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence — built with Mayo Clinic…
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