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by Bruce Brown | June 17, 2020 | Medical
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices improve the lives of people with diabetes by minimizing or eliminating the need for painful and inconvenient finger stick blood glucose tests. We’ve written about CGMs from several companies and research organizations,...
by Amantha May | June 17, 2020 | Health, Medical
Workplace wearables for social distancing continue to make headlines as more and more businesses reopen their operations. Tharsus, a UK-based maker of strategic machines, announced that they have developed a new, comprehensive social-distancing system called Bump....
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by Bruce Brown | June 16, 2020 | Health
We’ve written about a wide range of wearable biosensors during the past seven years. We covered wristbands, armbands, and headbands. We’ve seen broaches, necklaces, rings, glasses and hearables, and more. We’ve also noted dental health products such...
by Bruce Brown | June 15, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Energy-harvesting electronic surgical implants answer one of the most important questions in medical technology development: how will the device get power? Possibilities for product design and placement in the body expand significantly if you don’t have to allow...
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by Amantha May | June 15, 2020 | Health
In rehabilitation clinics, robotic exoskeletons have helped patients with walking impairments regain strength and mobility for years. Now Wandercraft, the French company that created the first autonomous walking exoskeleton, has a design underway for a new model that...
by Bruce Brown | June 12, 2020 | Medical
The UK’s NHS Project Breathe began in early 2019. The purpose of the project is to give cystic fibrosis patients greater control over their health and wellness through the use of spirometers and other biometric measurement devices. Patients monitor their weight,...
