VeriChip is working with Digital Angel to develop an, “implantable glucose microchip to determine glucose levels in the
bodies of animals and humans, removing the need for diabetics to draw
blood regularly to monitor their blood glucose level.” (Press release) The goal is to develop a chip that can be implanted for up to 6 months. The […]
Things are changing in the WiFi market. At HIMSS 2007 I noted the booth traffic Aruba Networks and Meru garnered. There was also new comer Extricom who showed a wireless LAN that has a “one-channel” deployment, like Meru.
Since the show, I've heard rumblings of vendor trials at hospitals where the sales eventually went to […]
The BBC is running a story about the European program Biotex that is developing textiles that incorporate sensors for monitoring patients.
The “intelligent textiles” contain embedded sensors designed to monitor body fluids such as blood and sweat.
The aim is to use the clothes to check on groups such as
recovering hospital patients, people with […]
I thought I was done posting for today, until I came across this. The FDA is working on a proposed rule to regulate medical device data that is acquired and stored directly into the EMR’s database.
“As the ability for direct capture evolves, the current direction FDA is heading is the medical record becomes part of […]
The summer is shaping up to be a busy one. Next month, I'll be presenting at the AAMI meeting in Boston on the topic of Point of Care Automation - with clinical engineering icon, Yadin David. There are a number of very interesting sessions scheduled on connectivity, systems integration and patient safety. This is always […]
Vince Kuraitis is burning up the blogosphere with more great posts on his blog. The latest to catch my eye was the announcement that Qualcomm made during the ATA (American Telemedicine Association) meeting this month in Nashville, that they are creating a health care MVNO to be called LifeComm. An MVNO is a Mobile Virtual […]
I came across this company, Fractal Antenna Systems today in the RFID related info-stream. Fractal antennas are both smaller and more powerful than conventional antennas, and well suited for embedded systems like medical devices. Fractal antennas have two basic advantages, they are equally effective over a wide frequency range (conventional antennas' length determines the frequency […]
Boston Scientific announced this week the release of data from the first 10,000 patients enrolled in their RAPID-RF study. Of course the announcement is everywhere - the actual data is no where to be found (perhaps the results printed on dead trees are available at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting this week).
The idea here […]
Wireless Healthcare reports that startup Biosigns Technologies successfully validated the accuracy of their noninvasive continuous glucose meter in a study including 120 participants with blood glucose levels ranging between 3.5 and 27.4 mmol/L. The Biosign device, called the UFIT, also measures heart rate and blood pressure, but the released study results do not include accuracy data for those […]
E-Health Insider is reporting yet another remote monitoring research project. Dr Alison Marshall at the Keyworth Institute of the University of Leeds is starting the Mobile Self Management of Health
project. The project appears to be focused on the typical patient worn
sensors wirelessly connected to a gateway device (in this case cell
phones are the target device) […]
