This Week in Electronics: Device Tax Repeal Effort Leaps Forward; NBA Star Backs Medtech
Effort to Repeal Device Tax Leaps Forward The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday became the first congressional panel to sign off on Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen’s top legislative priority, a bill to do away with an Affordable Care Act tax on sales of complicated medical devices set to take affect next year. Minn Post Former NBA Star Backs Device Industry [Bill] Walton,...
This Week in Electronics: Facebook as a Model for Medicine; Rethinking Pediatric X-Rays
Facebook as a Model for Medicine Think about it for a second: a single tech company, launched in 2004, is worth more than most makers of medicine. More than that, this single company has done as much to create very rich people as, basically, the entire medical device and drug industry. Forbes Medical Devices and Homeland Security The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning...
This Week in Electronics: Prescriptions for Apps; mHealth Gaining Steam
Happtique Lets Doctors Prescribe Apps Happtique, a mobile health app store aimed at healthcare professionals, will launch a trial of mRx, which it touts as the first program to enable physicians to prescribe mHealth apps to patients. Happtique officials say more physician-to-patient services will improve compliance and health outcomes, and that Happtique's patent-pending technology will...
This Week in Electronics: Waiting for a Highly Successful mHealth App; Implantable User Interfaces for Medical Devices
Why There Hasn't Been a Homerun mHealth App The mobile health movement has generated huge buzz over the last several years with its promise of bringing better, more personalized care at a cheaper cost to a wider number of engaged consumers. So it’s only natural to wonder if and when mHealth will give birth to its own Instagram. It hasn’t happened yet but it’s “a...
This Week in Electronics: The Rise of Body Area Networks; Healthcare Reform Has its Day in Court
Body Area Networks Hit the Big Time These tiny electronic devices, which can be implanted or worn externally, can remotely monitor the heart, glucose, pulse and other vital data via a PC, and, more recently, through a wireless network. For mobile applications, the wireless chips themselves fall into a loosely defined category called body area networks (BANs). BAN has been talked about...
This Week in Electronics: iPad 3 Arrives; mHealth Startup Gets Funding
iPad 3 Hits Stores The third iteration of the iPad went on sale Friday morning in the US, greeted by the usual throngs of early adopters...at the company’s flagship 5th Ave. store — ground zero in New York — hundreds lined up for the new iPad, which reviewers have said introduces some powerful new processor and graphics features but lacks the “wow” factor of the...
This Week in Electronics: iPad 3 Features Better Bluetooth; mHealth Companies Make Moves
iPad 3 Features Better Bluetooth Along with the announcement of Apple's third-generation iPad on March 7, the tablet is getting a wireless upgrade with Bluetooth 4.0 Smart Ready connectivity. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the availability of Smart Ready technology for the new version of the Apple tablet, bringing new possibilities for remote-monitoring medical applications...
This Week in Electronics: VC Flows to Health IT; Device Shows Promise for Parkinson's Patients
Also, J&J CEO Bill Wheldon is optimistic on medical spending, and Abbott is downsizing its diagnostics division. Health IT Attracts Venture Capital (InformationWeek) J&J CEO Predicts Increase in Medical Spending (Bloomberg Businessweek) Abbott to Cut Jobs from Diagnostics Division (CBS News) Deep-Brain Stimulation System Shows Promise for Treating Parkinson's (The...
This Week in Electronics: Medtronic Settles Over Kickback Allegations; The Big Lebowski Influences Medical Device Design
This week, Medtronic settled over kickback allegations to the tune of $23.5 million, and Verizon showed off its telehealth capabilities.   Doctors Can Remotely Manage Pacemakers with iPad (FierceMobileHealth) Verizon Flexes Telehealth Muscles (eWeek.com) Experts' Medtech Predictions for 2012 (MD+DI) Medtronic Agrees to $23.5 Million Settlement Over Kickback Allegations  (...
This Week in Electronics: Computer Chips Progress Could Stall and Security Issues for Diabetes Devices
This week's big stories included a possible roadblock for computer chip progress, security issues for diabetes devices, and device companies weighing in on possible changes to the 510(k) process. Guest Blog: With Tax Unlikely to be Repealed, It's Time for Companies to Plan for Reality (MD+DI) Glucose Monitors and Insulin Pumps Can Be Hacked (DailyTech) The NY Times Op Ed Page Questions the...
This Week in Electronics: Medical Electronics Market Growth and a Medtronic Acquisition
This week in medical electronics news, Medtronic plans to buy Salient Surgical Technologies, and the medical electronics market is expected to grow around 9% per year over the next five years. Medical Electronics Market Set to Grow (ASC Review) An Interview with Medical Electronics Leaders (ECN) Medtronic Looks for Win with Salient Surgical Technologies (MD+DI) Is the Outsourcing–to-...
This Week in Electronics: Device Excise Tax Repeal; R&D at TI's Kilby Labs
In stories you might have missed this week, Republicans are trying to give medical device excise tax repeal a piggy back ride. Also, EE Times takes a look at R&D at TI's Kilby Labs and brings you some of the messiest desks in engineering. Medical Device Exise Tax Repeal Tries to Piggy Back on Free Trade Act (MEDCITY News) How R&D is Done at Kilby Labs (EE Times) Engineers Have...