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Archive for March 6th, 2006

Vendors Have Big Plans for Implantable Devices

Business Week has a story reviewing some of the things that implant vendors have in the pipeline. Also noted is the tension between ever more expensive devices and the need to justify their increased costs to payors. Advanced technology is great, as long as it's cost effective.
Vendors are looking to extend sensor capabilities to measure […]


Microsoft Origami Rumors

Why, you may ask, the new obsession with pocketable Windows devices? The point of care market really needs a computer for clinicians, and the current offerings have, well, limitations:

Tablet PCs are too heavy and unwieldy - their adoption in health care has dropped like a lead balloon.
COWs (computers on wheels) are great for major […]


UPDATE on DexCom FCC Waiver Below

Due to a software glitch with my blog software, the wrong version of the post FCC Deals with MICS - Vendors Help and Hinder was published. I corrected the error this morning - check it out.


Intel Readies Handheld PC Concept

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Intel showed the prototype called Ruby (pictured at right) at IDF Japan last April. Now it seems that Intel has put up a teaser site with one of those annoying Flash animations - you know the ones you always click “skip intro” to avoid. The […]


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