Tourette’s device tested by Lewis Capaldi reduces tics in trial
A trial of 121 people finds they experienced, on average, a reduction in tic frequency of 25%. Source link
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New Bengaluru device to help monitor patients in 6 states – ET HealthWorld
Bengaluru: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), India’s premier technology and innovation hub with a cutting-edge healthtech & biomedical portfolio head-quartered in Bengaluru, has rolled out the second phase of its partnership with SBI Foundation (SBIF) and SBI General Insurance to enable efficient patient monitoring. Named Project Aarogya Daksh, the initiative aims to … Read more
GMCH students get int’l honour for innovative device – ET HealthWorld
Chandigarh: GMCH-32 students Shivani Arjun, Hargunbir Singh and Meera Matta, under the guidance of Dr Nishit Sawal, DM, Neurology, AIIMS, consultant neurologist have been awarded the best poster in its category award for an innovative device made for a neurological disorder, for which there is currently no treatment available. The award was presented at the … Read more
Wysa receives USFDA approval for AI led device for mental health – ET HealthWorld
Bangalore: Wysa, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform for behavioural health, has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation for its AI-based digital mental health conversational agent for patients 18 years and older with a diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain, depression and anxiety. The device delivers cognitive behavioural … Read more
We’ve created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis – while fitting inside your phone lens – ET HealthWorld
Melbourne: Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there don’t have access to medical diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (along with a range of non-infectious diseases) at an early stage, when there is more scope for treatment. It’s a challenge scientists … Read more
Experimental Device Would Give Oxygen by IV
March 22, 2022 — The human body needs a lot of oxygen: about a cup a minute, just to stay alive. If we can’t get the amount we need because of injury or disease, like COVID-19, our bodies quickly start to suffer from oxygen deprivation. After just a few minutes, abnormally low oxygen levels in … Read more
New Wearable Device Could Help Prevent Overdose Deaths
Jan. 27, 2022 — It’s no secret that a particular public health epidemic has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. About 64% of those deaths were from opioids, mostly … Read more
‘Medical device racial bias not acceptable’ – Javid
A review into whether medical devices are equally effective regardless of the patient’s ethnicity has been ordered by Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Research suggests oximeters, which are clipped to a person’s finger, can overstate the level of oxygen in the blood of people from ethnic minorities. Ministers want to know whether bias could have prevented … Read more
PUCHO launches AI-powered noise print anti-copy labels to protect drugs & medical device brands against counterfeits – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: PUCHO, an AI tech startup recently launched an AI-powered noise print anti-copy labels to eliminate counterfeit. The multi-lingual app is powered by Cypheme, a global artificial intelligence and brand protection solution to protect drugs and medical device brands against the growing menace of counterfeits. According to the Bengaluru-based company, PUCHO’s AI tech can … Read more
Student designs device that stops blood loss from stab wounds
Joseph Bentley, 22, hopes the REACT device will save “hundreds of lives a year”. Source link