by Bruce Brown | August 29, 2017 | General News, Medical
Growing need drives exoskeleton development. Wheelchair-bound patients including paraplegics, people with spinal cord injuries, and stroke victims stand highest on the list of potential beneficiaries of exoskeleton technology. We’ve written about work in...
by Bruce Brown | August 28, 2017 | General News, Medical
Rampant prescription drug abuse threatens health care. Stories about opioid abuse, addiction, and overdoses fill news reports. Misuse of prescription medication isn’t new. Patience compliance with all forms of care, treatment, and medication counts among the...
by Bruce Brown | August 14, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Computers and smartphones equipped with fingerprint readers are commonplace. Facial and voice recognition are old hat. Functional iris scanners on new phones lie just around the corner. Biometric security technology using fingerprints, faces, voice, and iris...
by Bruce Brown | August 11, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) acts as the gatekeeper for commercial sales of medical technology in the U.S. If products fall under the agency’s umbrella, the registration and certification requirements prior to FDA clearance or approval take...
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
If you go to the hospital or your doctor’s office with a problem, you can generally expect to get weighed, measured, and have your temperature, pulse, and blood pressure taken. If you have a complaint with no readily apparent answer, you know what comes next:...