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MD+DI Announces MDEA Finalists
Sponsored by MD+DI and organized by UBM Canon, the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community, recognizing the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes—engineers, scientists, designers, and clinicians—who are...
Following Google's purchase of smartphone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility this past August, there was worry that the company would make its popular Android operating system closed-source. Those fears were put to rest today in a letter from Google CEO Larry Page.
"Android was built as an open ecosystem, and we have no plans to change that," he wrote in the 2012 CEO...
Smartphones present a huge opportunity for medical electronics designers, but they also pose challenges for the medical electronics industry. That will be the subject of an AdvaMed webinar sponsored by set to take place later this month.
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Designers can tap into a huge...
Forget lab-on-a-chip. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology are working to enable the detection of diseases by simply pressing a drop of fluid against the touch screen of a smartphone.
Read more on our sister site, IVD Technology.
This week, FCC grants spectrum space to devices that help patients with paralysis, and the federal government agrees to fund telehealth in the Mississippi Delta.
Medical Devices That Help Paralyzed Move Will Get Radio Spectrum (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
USDA Awards $6 Million for Rural Telehealth (Information Week)
Competition to Heat Up in the Telehealth Market (ECN)
9 Mobile Health...
This week, Samsung surpassed Apple to become the No. 1 seller of smartphones. Also, more fallout from the Medtronic insulin pump hacking, and St. Jude gets clearance for an OCT-enabled device.
St. Jude Gets Clearance for OCT-enabled Artery Disease System (StarTribune)
Hackable Medtronic Insulin Pump Leads to Company Probe (MPMN)
Cook Group Chairman: Medical Device Tax Will Kill 15% of Medtech...
In this week's news, Abbott is splitting into two companies, and heart failure is sending fewer people to the hospital.
Abbott to Separate into Two Companies (Qmed)
Fewer Americans Hospitalized for Heart Failure (The Clinical Advisor)
What Does It Take to Innovate in Medtech? (MD+DI)
Danish Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer (Associated Press)
St. Jude's Daniel Starks Jabs...
This week, we mourn Steve Jobs and marvel at how he changed the course of healthcare. Also, a look at the effectiveness of telehealth and how medical electronics are helping to diagnose pain.
Medical Electronics: Perfecting a Pain Detector (EBN)
FDA, CMS to Jointly Review Medical Devices (DOTmed.com)
How the iPhone Is Enabling a Revolution in Connected Medical Devices (Medical Electronic Device...
Today, only about a quarter of all smartphone users in the world take advantage of mobile health products, according to a recent news story from Bloomberg Businessweek. Some folks might think that number is great, but my first thought was, Why not more?
I came across a pair of articles about mobile health over on MIT's Technology Review site that offer some insight. One presents the view of...
Anytime FDA starts proposing new regulations for medical devices, designers understandably get wary. But according to experts, the administration’s proposed regulations for medical mobile apps might result in more clarity than confusion.
According to the draft guidance issued last week, FDA is proposing to regulate apps that “are used as an accessory to a medical device already...
As promised, FDA has issued draft guidance laying out plans for the oversight of mobile applications used for medical or healthcare purposes.
In a press release dated July 19, the administration explained that the proposed guidelines will only impact applications that “are used as an accessory to a medical device already regulated by the FDA” or “transform a mobile...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today finalized technology that will usher in a new generation of wireless medical devices.
New profiles built on Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 will allow wireless monitoring of body temperature and heart rate. Potential applications of the new technology include a thermometer patch that transmits measurements to a mobile phone.
“These...
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)—tiny micro-machines that provide intelligent sensing and actuation—enable a high degree of interactivity with the environment. If you’re a fan of Nintendo Wii, Apple iPhone, iPad and i-everything else, you have MEMS to thank because it’s MEMS-enabled enhancements that make video games more engaging, smartphones and tablets more...
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, you’d think physicians would be PCs, right? Wrong. According to a recent study by Manhattan Research, 75% of physicians in the U.S. own an Apple product, such as an iPhone, iPad, or iPod.
Though a December MED article proclaimed Android the best operating system for many medical applications, when it comes to smartphones, doctors—more than four...
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