by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2023 | Medical
A virtual reality (VR) game user interface helped Cotras Co. Ltd. win FDA clearance faster than usual for Mobilise, a degenerative knee arthritis rehabilitation medical device. Cotras is a collaboration of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology...
by Bruce Brown | November 3, 2022 | Health, Medical
This post is as much about the drugs used to reduce pain and anxiety as it is about the benefits of a new solution. Overreliance on opioids and sedatives to control pain and anxiety account for the majority of overdose fatalities in the U.S. According to the CDC, in a...
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by Bruce Brown | January 18, 2021 | Medical
When you combine virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) with additional features including biosensors in industrial safety and medical applications, it’s called mixed reality (MR). We’ve written about a wide variety of VR and AR applications from...
by Bruce Brown | November 27, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Opioid use for chronic pain management accounts for the bulk of a global market valued at $25.4 billion in 2018. Unfortunately, long-term opioid use frequently leads to addiction and abuse. Overdose by prescription and illicit opioids currently causes 128 deaths each...
by Bruce Brown | June 26, 2020 | Health
The possibilities of pharmaceutical-free stress reduction and pain management have broad appeal (except, perhaps, to pharmaceutical companies). We’ve covered wearables designed to reduce stress, such as iBreve’s eponymous breathing pattern monitor and...
