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Medical device design and development consultancy Cambridge Consultants showed off its latest creation this week, an asthma inhaler training device called the T-Haler. According to the company the concept device “more than doubles patient compliance.” More than three Americans head to the...
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This week Cambridge Consultants unveiled a semi-leadless pacemaker it designed for start-up EBR Systems. The device, called Wireless Cardiac Stimulation system (WiCS), includes a leadless electrode that paces the heart by converting mechanical energy into electrical energy wirelessly via an ultrasonic...
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if you read here last week then you may have seen the Dry Powder Inhaler. Cambridge consultants creates products for pharma as far as drug delivery system and other innovative items. Cambridge Consultants and Sun Pharma Develop a High Performance Dry Powder Drug Inhaler for Use Beginning...
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The inhaler has a uniform delivery profile that ensures the full intended metered dose of the drug is administered to the deep lung, regardless of the strength of the patient’s intake of breath so those who don’t breathe well or maybe have COPD can be assured of the full dose. Sun Pharma is in...
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Cambridge Consultants, the think tank and creator of mobile devices for healthcare has added one more item to their collection to work with their VenaHub wireless suite called the “Minder”. I still think they have one of the most exotic items with the blue toot inhaler and this new product works...
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Thu, Nov 18 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, healthcare, Medical Devices, Boston, wireless, Bluetooth, Cambridge Consultants, devices reporting data, VenaHub, Altran, Continua Health Alliance, Minder, Qualcomm
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By combining Cambridge Consultants’ Vena stack with Qualcomm's cellular modules, the new platform can implement standards selected by the Continua Health Alliance and increase the ability for patients to manage health and wellness anytime, anywhere. I started following this technology back in May...
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Fri, Jun 18 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, healthcare, Diabetes, wireless, Algorithms, Venture Capital, portals, wellness, compliance, Cambridge Consultants, VenaHub, Continua Health Alliance, Healthcare Management Systems, Healthrageous, Cener for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
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The title above is a mouthful, what is Bayesian. If you have heard of email spam filters you may have heard the term Bayesian. Here’s more at Wikipedia to perhaps explain a little more. I have covered Cambridge before and they are the company that has created some exotic drug delivery...
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Thu, Mar 25 2010
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The new syringe will make injections less painful, and any patient will appreciate this. The new syringe was developed in conjunction with Cambridge Consultants, those folks I mention here from time to time reflecting on their blue tooth inhaler. You can also read up on the Schott website...
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A new product from Cambridge Consultants in wireless data reporting technology is on the horizon. Cambridge creates devices for companies for use in many different areas of technology. Below are a couple examples, wireless glucose monitor and an inhaler. The full press release is included...
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Wed, Oct 21 2009
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The information below in the press release addresses a couple of items I speak of frequently on the blog….education and awareness for starters. This is a survey conducted to determine where technology can effectively help save money. Cambridge Consultants is seen regularly here on the blog...
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Fri, Sep 18 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, EMR, EHR, Medical Devices, Health IT, Survey, Telehealth, Partners Health Care, healthcare reform, Cambridge Consultants, connected healthcare, MassMEDIC
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Medical devices are getting “smarter”. I have written a few times on this blog about Cambridge Consultants and some of their work, namely the Blue Tooth Inhaler. Not only is the product a delivery device, but it is also data reporting and capable. You can read more about the device...
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Tue, Sep 8 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, healthcare, Medical Devices, Pharma, Intellectual property, Study, Cambridge Consultants, data reporting devices, drug delivery, report, inhalants
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Two standards of wireless were agreed upon this week. As you can see from the information below, more medical devices are on the way, all with reporting functions. One I have mentioned before is the blue tooth inhaler. This may also stand to change the way some medications are developed...
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Thu, Jun 11 2009
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This looks like a new device in the making for the HealthVault. The product is not available yet as Cambridge works with medical device companies to help patent and bring the medical device concepts to market, so what company will produce the inhaler is not yet known, and it could possibly be...
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Mon, May 11 2009
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Medical Devices, PHR, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, Heatlhcare, Intellectual property, Inhalers, blue tooth, Cambridge Consultants