by Bruce Brown | December 30, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical
We’ve written about drones that deliver medical supplies to first responders and mobile apps that help bystanders on the scene with cardiac arrest victims find emergency defibrillators. Students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) recently demonstrated...
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by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2019 | Health
According to the CDC, 70% to 90% of people who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) die before reaching the hospital. In 2015, about 357,000 people in the U.S. had OHCA. Before emergency response personnel arrive, the best chance for survival is when another...
by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2019 | Medical
Most implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators now use two-way wireless technology for routine monitoring and device adjustments. The implants also can send alerts if something goes wrong with the person’s heart or the device itself. We’ve written...
by Bruce Brown | April 20, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Implantable Health Tech devices such as defibrillators and pacemakers can be life savers, but come with their own technical issues. If we’re going to be implanting medical devices to regulate, control, assist, measure, and monitor vital body functions, fast and...
by Bruce Brown | April 19, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
The niftiest new Health Tech can’t help you much if you’re in a remote location or stranded with no way to travel. Technology developments in other fields may soon be ready to come to the rescue, however. Google just received a patent for a “Request...
