Biometrics for Better Patient IDs [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 9, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

  Electronic health records (EHR) are one of the key mandates of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). These systems offer many distinct advantages, such as making it easier for healthcare professionals to share data about a patient in order to improve diagnosis...

Single Device Gives Both TENS and EMS Treatments [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 8, 2016 | General News, Medical

Electrical stimulation (e-stim) devices have different purposes. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) devices relieve muscle pain and tension by stimulating nerve pathways. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) units relax, build, and strengthen muscles by...

Magnetic Ink Heals Itself When Broken [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 8, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

As I’ve often said, wearable devices have to “disappear” into the background of our lives. This means that you should have to strap on a wrist band or remember to carry something in your pocket or purse. One possible solution is the creation of...

Smart Prosthetic Limb Components Work Together [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 7, 2016 | General News, Medical

Movement, balance, gait, walking speed, energy expenditure, and endurance all factor in lower limb prosthetics. We’ve previously covered a bionic leg that produces normal gait by controlling ankle-foot movement. Endolite’s Linx goes further with a fully...

New Technique for Implant Coatings

by Alfred Poor | November 7, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

The ultimate in “wearable” Health Tech is a device that we can carry around on the inside of our bodies. It’s not too difficult to use chemically-inert materials that don’t add potentially toxic chemicals within the body, but rejection is...

Portable and Affordable Wireless TENS device [video]

by Bruce Brown | November 4, 2016 | General News, Health

If you’ve ever thought it would be nice to have your own TENS machine, Australia-based Evomed sells a lightweight, portable, inexpensive model called Painmate that doesn’t require the awkward wires  used in some other models. While there are many other...