by Bruce Brown | April 23, 2019 | Enabling Tech
If you’re seeking digital solutions for an important cause that has many moving parts, sponsoring a hackathon sounds like a productive approach. That’s what led The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to sponsor the inaugural...
by Bruce Brown | April 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Assistive healthcare technology takes several familiar forms. Developments in robotics, augmented reality glasses, and digital voice assistants help patients and clinicians; they even speed up record-taking in crowded hospital emergency departments. We’ve...
by Bruce Brown | April 19, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Consumer 3D printing began to be a thing in 2009 when the Stratasys patent for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) expired and entered the public domain. Since the early days of 3D printing tiny dinosaurs and toys, consumer 3D printing developed rapidly. Commercially 3D...
by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2019 | Enabling Tech
As a working concept, smart fabric solves many challenges for wearable health tech. If your preferred or prescribed biometric sensors are woven into your garments, you won’t have to remember to put them on, unlike with wristbands, pins, and pendants....
by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wounds require immediate attention, whether the injuries occur on battlefields or kitchen counters. We’ve written about various development in wound care and healing technology development. We covered work on injectable bandages at Texas A&M University,...
by Bruce Brown | March 28, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Since the earliest, primitive 3D printing in 2012, development teams worldwide have sought effective medical applications for the technology. We’ve seen 3D-printed spinal components, cartilage implants, bionic arms, prosthetics, and more. Athletes and others...