medical device
Next-Generation Total Artificial Heart Successfully Transplanted into First US Patient
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 4th Aug, 2021
by Alex Muller
Embedded sensors automatically adapt blood flow to a person’s needs in any given moment; if, for example, they’re exercising, blood flow will increase. It's this aspect that has earned the Carmat heart the designation of 'next-generation'
Why are cancer rates increasing?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
There are now more people than ever living to an age where they have a higher risk of developing cancer.
Expandable sponge-filled syringe that stems bleeding cleared for civilian use
Posted in Medicine on 15th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Each XStat 30 syringe contains 92 sponges and can absorb around a pint of blood.
Bioinspired coating for medical devices repels blood and bacteria
Posted in Hardware on 13th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller
Devices implanted in the body face two critical challenges that can threaten the life of the patient the device is meant to help: blood clotting and bacterial infection:
A new way to beam power to medical chips deep inside the body
Posted in Hardware on 21st May, 2014
by Alex Muller
Wireless system uses the same power as a cell phone to safely transmit energy to chips, paving the way for new devices to treat illness or alleviate pain.