UV-Concepts, an Englewood, Colorado firm, is unveiling a new product that uses ultraviolet light to disinfect all kinds of portable medical equipment. The UV-C Enclosure (UVE) is a large reflective ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a sensor system that can provide data on how well a face mask fits to a wearer’s face. The protection offered by a mask is largely dependent on how well it fits the ...

The classic walking cane has remained pretty much unchanged for millenia. Really just a walking stick with an ergonomic handle, it’s hard to come up with novel improvements to the cane. Fujitsu ...

Contemporary peritoneal dialysis machines are large and heavy, keeping them stationary in a world turning rapidly mobile. Instead of machines serving patients, people with kidney failure visit ...

A Swiss collaboration of clinical researchers from University Hospital Zurich, ETH Zurich, Wyss Zurich, and the University of Zurich has created a machine that can keep human livers alive for up to a ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego created an ultrasound transducer that is intended to provide safer ultrasound treatment when working inside the brain. Ultrasound has significant ...

Last year, clinical researchers at the University of Southern California implanted a new auditory brainstem implant (ABI) into four children born without a hearing nerve. Now promising results have ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant shortages of PPE for medical staff. This is extremely concerning, as it means that clinicians can’t adequately protect themselves, and infections ...

Every year, Americans spend more than $40 billion caring for their vision. However, it’s somewhat remarkable that in this age of the quantified self, there are very few high-tech vision trackers for ...

Ion Beam Applications (IBA), a Belgian firm, landed FDA clearance for its latest superconducting accelerator for the Proteus ONE proton therapy. This will allow the company to deliver the Proteus ONE, ...

Following peripheral vascular and microvascular surgeries, it is important to be able to monitor how blood is flowing through the treated vessels and whether there may be an occlusion or compromise.

GI Scientific, an Arlington, Virginia firm, has won FDA clearance for the first duodenoscope attachment that helps to protect the imaging end from infections. Duodenoscopes are used in Endoscopic ...