by Bruce Brown | February 24, 2022 | Health
Light therapy devices to relieve pain and promote healing remain a frontier with more to explore, but studies report demonstrable benefits of light therapy. In 2016 we wrote about the LumiWave, an FDA-cleared Class II medical device that uses infrared light to combat...
by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2022 | Health
It wasn’t all that long ago when the only way to buy “real” hearing aids was with a prescription from an audiologist, but that changed following the passage of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act in 2017. Consumers with mild to moderate hearing...
by Bruce Brown | February 21, 2022 | Medical
Telemedicine adoption continues to accelerate as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps the pressure on strained healthcare systems. We are concerned about access to new forms of healthcare by elderly and disadvantaged populations who lack access or sufficient tech savviness to...
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by Bruce Brown | February 17, 2022 | Enabling Tech
We’ve seen several developments in prosthetic arms that move closer to full range of motion and comprehensive sense of touch. Upper limb management via a brain-to-computer interface is a crucial component to give amputees full control of fine motor movement with...
by Bruce Brown | February 15, 2022 | Health
Pressure sores are unacceptably common among wheelchair users, according to a study published in the National Library of Medicine at the National Center for Biotechnology information. We’ve written about smart bandages for early bed sore detection and a patient...
