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Monthly Archives: January 2012
MiroCam: Miraculous capsule camera for Endoscopy!
With significant development in medical diagnostics and imaging, we see a lot of new products coming to health care market. Anyone who has undergone the traditional Endoscopy would vouch about the difficulty he faced while swallowing the rigid or flexible … Continue reading
CPU controlled artificial knee gives amputees mobility
The other day while I was watching an amputee climb the dizzy heights of Mt. Everest with his prosthetic leg, I was fascinated. That showed what the field of prosthetics can achieve. The latest news in the prosthetics industry is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amputees, Artificial leg, Cleg, Prosthetics, Technology
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Prosthetics was in application more than 3000 years ago: Disproves earlier finding
For most of us, the fact that modern technology isn’t actually ‘ingenious’ but an extension of ancient practices would be hard to digest. Accept it or not, most of modern medicinal ‘technology’ had been an integral part of ancient medicine … Continue reading
Siemen’s smallest ultrasound device improves infection diagnosis
Right diagnosis of a diseased part of body is important factor for permanent cure a patient. Am I sounding like a doctor? Yes! I am. Have a look on this portable ultra sound machine that is introduced by Siemens Medical … Continue reading
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Tagged Acuson P10, Doctors, Patient, Siemens, Siemens Medical Solutions, Technology, Ultrasound device
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ETRI’s new mobile sensor system for seniors detects falls
Korea based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has developed a mobile phone system for elderly people, which can sense if they have fallen. The new sensor system will also inform family members and medical providers about their situation. The phone … Continue reading
Organic heart monitor
Imagine if your T-shirt or blouse were intelligent enough to detect the condition of your heart and also conveys the same to your doctor without u even knowing that. This might sound like lines from a popular science fiction but … Continue reading
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Tagged Gadgets, Heart, Heart Monitoring Device, Research, Technology
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New Phillips scanner lets radiologist view 3D images
A new X-Ray scanner, developed by Phillips, allows the radiologists to check out our body parts in detail. The Brilliance Computerized Tomography machine allows the body parts to stand out and present themselves in 3D format. Basically, it strips the … Continue reading
Bluetooth heart monitor: Boon to assist almost 22 million people from heart failure
The new life-saving device that can emerge as godsend for all the heart patients called Bluetooth heart monitor. Developed by scientists from India this avant-garde device measures electrical signal from the heart, analyse them to produce an electrocardiogram (ECG), and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bluetooth Heart Monitor, Cellphone, ECG, GPS, Heart Attacks, MMS, Technology
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Experiments with Brain Pacemakers for Treating Depression
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) using implants is an emerging research frontier in psychiatry and neuromedicine. DBS technique blocks tremors using implants in brain has already been tried on Parkinson’s patients. More than 40,000 Parkinson’s patients worldwide have these implants and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain Pace Maker, DBS, Depression, Mental health, Research, Technology
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