NIH Awards $3M to BioSensics to Develop First-in-Kind Wearable Sensor

BioSensics, Newton, MA, has received a $3 million, three-year award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will support the development...

Dissolving Cardiac Device Monitors, Treats Heart Disease

Nearly 700k people in the U.S. die from heart disease every year. To help prevent those deaths, researchers have developed a new device to monitor and treat heart disease and dysfunction in the days, weeks, or months following such events.

Wearable Sensor Measures Sweat During Exercise

A new wearable sensor continuously monitors sweat lactate during exercise. The device incorporates a bubble-trapping region in its microfluidic system. The proposed technology can facilitate...

Brain Computer Interface Helps Immobilized Patients Control Devices

A new project at Aalto University is developing techniques that will enable immobilized patients to control devices using their brain activity.

E-Tattoo Improves Heart Monitoring

A new flexible, wearable medical device could provide a major boost in the fight against heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. The ultrathin, lightweight electronic tattoo, or...

Here's an Idea: Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring

Biotricity’s continuous heart rhythm monitor uses advanced technology to deliver unlimited heart data insights.

In-Home AI Tool Monitors Health of Elderly

Engineers are harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and wireless technology to unobtrusively monitor elderly people in their living spaces and provide early detection of emerging health...

Monitoring Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity

Researchers have created an engineered heart via 3D printing technology that allows for early monitoring of drug-induced cardiotoxicity. They produced the heart model using biohybrid 3D...

Wearable Health Sensor Monitors Muscle Atrophy

Researchers at The Ohio State University have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor muscle atrophy.

Smart Contact Lens Diagnoses and Treats Glaucoma

Researchers have developed a smart contact lens by combining an IOP sensor and a flexible drug-delivery system to manage IOP measurement and medication administration. The wireless...

Sensor Enables Smart Diapers, Other Health Monitors

A new sensor could help workers in daycares, hospitals, and other settings provide more immediate care to their charges. The new sensor — so cheap and simple to produce that it can be...

‘Shape-Shifting’ Implanted Device to Provide Continuous BP Monitoring

SMARTSHAPE consortium, led from University of Galway, will develop an implantable medical device for continuous blood pressure monitoring. The consortium has...

New Products & Services

See the new products and services for April 2023, including dynamic pressure controls, AI processors, modeling and simulation software, and more.

Smart Stitches Reduce Infection, Simplify Post-Op Monitoring

Surgical site infections are one of the most common medical infections, occurring in 2–4 percent of patients post-surgery.

The Promise of Mobile Photoacoustic Imaging

Photoacoustic imaging, which combines optical and acoustic modalities, is enabling some of the most promising medical research.

MicroLED Patch for Melanogenesis

A surface-lighting microLED patch has been developed that inhibits UV-induced melanogenesis. The research team fabricated the skin-attachable surface-lighting microLED (SμLED, 4 × 4 cm²)...

Glucose Meter Monitors SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

A simple and accurate glucose-meter-based test incorporates a novel fusion protein could someday be used to monitor SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels. Glucose meters are readily available and easy to...

Temporary Tattoos Measure Blood Pressure

Made of graphene, a cuffless device is worn on the underside of the wrist and can measure blood pressure with comparable accuracy to a standard blood pressure cuff. While the technology is still...

Wearable Skin Patch Monitors Hemoglobin in Deep Tissues

A team of engineers has developed an electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules, including hemoglobin, in deep tissues.

Analyzing Sweat via Microelectronic Fibers for Noninvasive Health Monitoring

The fiber could lead to fiber-based smart clothes that provide greater versatility in functions, larger sensing areas, and greater comfort.

2023 Tech Trends: Why Digital Health Will Lead to Improved Patient Care

While many wearable technologies began as a way to help people improve fitness, they have evolved to take on much greater diagnostic and other medical uses.

Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge

Imagine starting your first marathon out of seven in Antarctica with a temperature of –15 °F. When Linda Carrier ran the World Marathon Challenge in 2019, that’s where she started.

Wireless, High-Speed, Low-Power Communications for Implantable Devices

Implantable bioelectronics are now often key in assisting or monitoring vital organs, but they often lack a safe, reliable way of transmitting their data to doctors.

Magnetic Sensors Track Muscle Length

Using a simple set of magnets, researchers have devised a sophisticated way to monitor muscle movements.

Smart Wearable Sensors for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson's Disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative condition in the world and affects 600,000 Americans yearly at a cost of $20 billion to the U.S. healthcare system.

Silicon Nanochip Could Treat Traumatic Muscle Loss

Technology developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells.

Renamic Neo Offers Complete Wireless Connectivity to Implants

Tiotronik’s Renamic Neo communicates with a medical device implanted in a patient, such as a pacemaker, ICD, or implantable cardiac monitor.

Baxter’s Novum IQ SYR Receives FDA Clearance

Baxter has received 510(k) clearance of its new Novum IQ syringe infusion pump (SYR) with Dose IQ Safety Software, representing the company’s latest developments for infusion therapy. The...