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Take a look at the website , I had no idea that thermometers came in so many flavors. You can wear one, put one under your arm, and use on in your ear, which we have all pretty much seen that model used at our doctor's offices. I don't know about making a fashion statement yet with...
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This is amazing that the battle has gone on over 25 years to restrict these devices from use in the US. The judge said they are"custom-made medical devices exempt from FDA regulation". This marks the first loss in the court room for the FDA on a suit they brought to task. ...
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A group in India is looking for more help from the US FDA. This is probably good news in light of a few recent stories. One area of particular interest is the Medical device area, something all of us have an interest in as software is now playing a very large role in how the devices work...
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A medical device buys a man more time until transplant organs were available. His organs were causing heart failure and the transplant enabled his heart to continue working and now he's doing fine with both a heart and kidney transplant. Without the pump he probably would not have survived...
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How bad do the insurance companies want the patients to take their medications? Well enough to try a pilot program with an electronic umbilical cord to tie the patient to a device. It doesn't say exactly how the device will work, but I am guessing once you remove a pill, it will...
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According to this article, a patch would transmit the results direct to a cell phone, more telemedicine in the works? If the efforts are successful, this would allow more to be tested though the technology as the results could be relayed back to the physician or hospital. Biotech at work...
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This appears to be a replacement to the scalpel as known today. Less bleeding and better control are some of the benefits for surgeons. This gives the best of both worlds to the surgeon it appears. Other devices on the market also control bleeding but potentially cause additional tissue...
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How fast is the FDA clearing medical devices? This page will show you a list of what was approved for the month of June. The list is quite long and lists medical devices from all areas of health care. BD Includes clearances for Abbott Vascular, Biomet Spint, Ethicon Endo...
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With all the new breakthroughs in cardiology with the removal of plaque, soon this could be a worry of the past. The product won’t be on the market until later this year. The process of “roto-rootering” plaque is making some huge leaps and bounds today to clear arteries and bring arterial...
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The cardiovascular point of care tests will be marketed by Roche Diagnostics. The test will located elevated levels of the markers for BNP, which are indicators for heart failure. A very sophisticated technology that will allow for hospitals to check with a simple test to see if a patient...
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This is a big topic and the development of pediatric devices is not as active or pursued as it is for adults, and the reason comes down to cost and return on investments for the most part. Physicians want the devices, but resources are limited by comparison to the adult market. There are...
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The process is approved and in use in Europe and awaiting trial results and FDA approval for the US. An actual procedure with a open heart surgery use can be seen here. Private investors have recently contributed financing for the product. BD Pluromed's lead product, LeGoo"...
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St. Jude has also been working with the Microsoft HealthVault folks to incorporate information in to personal health records. View prior post here. The information can also be imported in to electronic medical records through a software interface. .png?imgmax=800" width="156...
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This video gives a littler closer look at the device recently approved by the FDA and can be found on Channel Intel on You Tube. The FDA also has some beneficial videos on their channel on You Tube as well, look for the links in the resources column at the blog. The device will be going...
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These are the announcements as relates to healthcare. For the complete listing of others follow the link below. Healthcare is probably one of the toughest markets to analyze today as everything happening is a moving target. Even each area has so many links to other areas, sometimes...
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