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Written by Stephanie M. Johnson and Paul Stewart
Edited by John Sganga, Joe Cianfrani, and Boris Zelkind
On July 19, 2017, a federal court in Michigan awarded... Read More »
Written by Scott Forbes and Jeremy Carney
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently held in Ex parte Itagaki and Nishiara (PTAB... Read More »
In many ways, we are living in a golden age of electronics and technological innovation, including science, medicine and the gadgets that comprise our daily lives... Read More »
The Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) was first proposed in 2007 by our friends at DARPA. Not surprisingly, the system—which is a lot like... Read More »
Nearly 300 million people worldwide live with diabetes, and regular testing is a crucial part of many of their lives. Purdue university researcher Jonathan Claussen... Read More »
HemoSep is a device designed to recover blood that is spilled in major trauma surgeries and open heart surgeries. The device helps with the process of autotransfusion ... Read More »
Snaking a catheter through an artery in your groin and up to your heart might not sound like “fun” but when compared to open-heart surgery you have to ask ... Read More »
Undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University have developed a cell phone-based screening device that’s intended to identify anemic pregnant women and... Read More »
Treating eye disease is especially tricky because the eye is a complex place. In a recent study, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University researchers... Read More »
Scientists from Yale University have created what they call, “a paradigm-changing immunotherapeutic method for cancer therapy.” The Yale team’s new... Read More »
"While the body has a capacity to repair small defects in skeletal muscle, the only option for larger defects is to surgically move muscle from one part of the... Read More »
Blood clots, while useful for stopping bleeding, are bad news for the brain and heart. Even if a clot can be located it is hard to get rid of, and the blood thinners... Read More »
If approved by the FDA, an insulin pump that integrates a continuous glucose monitor will be the only system of its kind on the market. The MiniMed 530G system... Read More »
Enjoy this week’s wrap up of trending medical news!
Rats paralyzed due to spinal cord injury walking again thanks to new therapy
Rats that... Read More »
It started with a basic soft drink cooler, a need for easier management of tuberculosis and $150,000 in innovation support.
A big challenge in managing... Read More »
Comments
Richard HaldermannHaven't you heard of an absorption refrigerator? They have used them for the past 50 years for refrigerators in recreational vehicles. They're not very expensive and all they need is a tank of propane, no electricity or batteries needed.
Jun 4, 2012
Valerie ClarkThe major thing to note with this cooler is not the ability to keep medicines cool, although that is a definite part of the solution, but the cooler's ability to record and transmit data whenever the device is opened to dispense a dose. Still, it's a simple innovation with a big impact on the success of treating tuberculosis.
Jun 5, 2012
Italian doctors are reporting that they kept a 16-month-old boy alive for 13 days as he waited for a heart transplant by implanting him with the world’s... Read More »
A small coil made out of metal wire may be the key to relief for patients with severe emphysema. The wire, called a lung volume reduction coil (LVRC), gathers and... Read More »
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Jackie KellySo surprising that having 20 metal coils in your lungs didn't impede breathing!
May 23, 2012
One of the most common challenges facing premature babies is learning how to suck and feed.
To address this, Florida State University researchers devised the... Read More »
Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the economy has revolved around supply and demand, encouraging the development of new inventions to improve efficiency... Read More »
The “Domino,” developed by a University of Alberta research team, has the capability to perform the same genetic tests as most fully equipped laboratories ... Read More »