Smartphone Can Perform Eye Exams

by Alfred Poor | June 22, 2016 | General News, Medical

Today I learned that the “fundus” is the rounded back of the eyeball, opposite the pupil. And I learned that the thing that a doctor uses to peer into your eyeball is called a “funduscope.” It turns out that this is an important diagnostic...

Adjustable Kid-sized Exoskeleton [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 14, 2016 | General News, Medical

  Most exoskeletons, existing and in development, are for adults. Growing children obviously change their size, particularly in the length of their limbs, and anyone who has raised children to their teenage years knows that growth spurts can cause rapid change. A...

Touchless Vital Sign Monitoring [video]

by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2016 | General News, Medical

  Ordinarily on Health Tech Insider, we write about new or emerging technology related to health or medical application that you wear, carry, hold, sometimes ingest, and occasionally have implanted. This is not one of those articles. In fact, the appeal of this...

Cheese and Seaweed in Edible Supercap [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 2, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

A lot of exciting “wearable” Health Tech projects involved “wearing” a device on the inside of your body. In other words, you swallow it. But if it requires electrical power to operate, you need to find a safe way to provide this energy. As...

Implant to Treat Opioid Addiction

by Bruce Brown | June 1, 2016 | General News, Medical

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced FDA approval of a prescription drug implant to fight opioid addiction. Opioid addiction is a problem of epidemic proportions, from street drugs such as heroin and more commonly from prescription drugs. Greater...

Prototype Patch Has Electrical and Chemical Sensors

by Alfred Poor | June 1, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

One of the recurring themes here at Health Tech Insider is the fact that when it comes to winning strategies for wearable devices, more functions beats fewer functions. We are starting to leave the “one-trick-pony” stage of the industry, and starting to...