
Sustainable solution for wearable patches
Covestro has developed a concept for wearable smart patches in cooperation with its partner accensors.
Covestro has developed a concept for wearable smart patches in cooperation with its partner accensors.
University of Illinois Chicago is one of the U.S. sites participating in clinical trials to cure severe red blood congenital diseases such as sickle cell anemia or Thalassemia by safely modifying the DNA of patients’ blood cells.
An inexpensive yet highly sensitive wearable sensor holds promise for detecting early COVID-19 symptoms and monitoring heart disease.
Researchers are developing solutions designed to enable the analysis of breath gas to assist with the diagnosis of disease.
An invention may turn one of the most widely used materials for biomedical applications into wearable devices to help monitor heart health.
In order for a COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral drugs to be developed, scientists first need to understand why this virus spreads so easily and quickly, and why it invades our bodies with seemingly little resistance from our immune system.
In a new study, artificial intelligence has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow.
In the PolyKARD project, biomimetic polymers are being developed that can imitate the mechanical properties of pericardial tissue.
Researchers have created biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Parkinson’s diseases.
Researchers have demonstrated that their technique can stop the catheter at the right target and identify the source type with a 95.25 percent success rate.
Researchers have developed a novel system that can automatically detect abnormalities in fetal hearts in real-time using artificial intelligence (AI).
“The digital transformation will make healthcare even more human. It will enable us to provide preventive and personalized healthcare,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Kas, Professor of Oncology at Ghent University, Belgium.
A team found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing.
Researchers have developed an integrated system for early diagnosis of diseases using wearable monitors.
How University of Alberta health scientists are helping fulfil the promise of big data to revolutionize everything from prevention to diagnosis to treatment.
Engineers have developed a wearable sensing chip that can measure the concentration of cortisol – the stress hormone – in human sweat.
Researchers are aiming to improve wearables for medical applications and to enable the portable minicomputers to make more accurate measurements.
Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease.
A deep learning model that can predict how human genes and medicines will interact has identified at least 10 compounds that may hold promise as treatments for COVID-19.
Researchers at the WVU School of Medicine explored how a wearable device called WHOOP could be used to monitor pregnant women’s resting heart rate and heart rate variability.
Using mathematical image processing, scientists have found a way to create digital twins from human hearts.
Researchers have used lasers and molecular tethers to create perfectly patterned platforms for tissue engineering.
An engineer designed the first neurosurgical robotic system capable of performing bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery inside a MRI scanner.
Scientists have developed a machine learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine which existing medications could improve outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed.
A product design graduate has developed a discreet item of wearable technology that monitors blood sugar levels and delivers feedback in real-time.
Scientists have developed a technique that monitors a patient’s vital signs completely touch free.
A smart ring that generates continuous temperature data may foreshadow COVID-19, even in cases when infection is not suspected.
Behavioral scientists have developed a virtual reality test that assesses a person’s vulnerability to stress while exploring immersive environments.
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Researchers reported they designed a flexible and implantable sensor that can monitor various forms of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas in the body.
Graphene has a vast variety of practical applications in the creation of new materials. But what exactly is graphene and what makes it so special?
Researchers have developed rubbery a bioelectronic implantable device that can monitor and treat heart diseases.
A dual-organ system enables the measurement of cardiac toxicity arising from breast cancer chemotherapy.
Engineers have developed a so-called smart stent that detects changes in blood flow through an artery.
Researchers have developed an innovative training protocol that, utilizing immersive virtual reality (IVR), leads to real physical and cognitive benefits.
Interview with Andreas Giannopoulos, MD and PhD, a Deputy Attending Physician in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital Zurich.
Researchers used AI and genetic analyses to examine the structure of the inner surface of the heart using 25 000 MRI scans.
Researchers are creating a wearable electronics device that can read brain waves while allowing the wearer to easily drift off into the various stages of sleep.
Researchers have combined machine learning, 3D printing and high performance computing simulations to accurately model blood flow in the aorta.
Researchers have developed an algorithm that not only predicts hospital readmissions of heart failure patients, but also tells you why these occur.
Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but also gives rise to anxiety.
Engineers are developing a 3D printed artificial blood vessel that allows doctors and patients to keep tabs on its health remotely.
Researchers have used 3D micro-printing to develop the world’s smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
Researchers have 3D printed a functioning centimeter-scale heart pump with real human cells in the lab.
Researchers caution that consumer wearables are not sophisticated enough to monitor the complicated illness.
Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate.
Scientists have developed a 3D printing technique that could have future applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.
Researchers from CSIRO have made it possible to 3D print tailor-made stents, a critical biomedical device used to treat narrow or blocked arteries.
Transforming how common health conditions are diagnosed using point-of-care and wearable bio diagnostic devices is the goal of a new University of South Australia project.
Researchers have developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence.
Researchers have developed a wearable device to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 and to monitor patients as the illness progresses.
A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.
A research study seeks volunteers to provide data from smartphones, smartwatches and health surveys to help detect COVID-19.
The chip is capable of precisely controlling oxygen and nutrient levels, and allowing observation of cell behavior in real time.
A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed.
MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans.
For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using microscopic imaging they could revealed underlying complex structures of the see-through organs at the cellular level.
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a lensless microscope that allows an observer to enjoy an enormous field of view.
Bioengineers have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.
Researchers are developing a revolutionary, portable blood pressure monitoring device that provides data continuously to patients.
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a biorobotic hybrid heart for testing prosthetic valves and other cardiac devices.
Reserchers have made progress developing living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient's native tissue.
A scientist thinks the future of health care looks like the blinking check engine light on the dashboard of your car.
In a proof-of-concept work, scientists demonstrated their photonics-based sensors using fibers and liquid-filled petri dishes.
Robocath announced it has successfully completed six robotic coronary angioplasties with R-One, a first for the continent of Africa.
For the first time researchers successfully reproduced the electrical properties of biological neurons onto semiconductor chips.
Researchers describe a mass-producible wearable sensor that can monitor levels of metabolites and nutrients in a person's blood by analyzing their sweat.
Johns Hopkins researcher and his team describe a method to measure diagnostic errors from big data could be key to prevent disability and death from misdiagnosis and transform the field of diagnostic quality and safety.
Researchers have created a mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Wearables are transforming the ability to monitor and improve health, but a decidedly low-tech commodity—the humble toilet—may have potential to outperform them all.
Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.
At the start of 2019 the EU project ELSAH began with the objective of designing a wearable within four years that enables the continuous determination of biomarker concentrations.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine show that wearable activity trackers are a reliable tool for predicting death risk in older adults.
A smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest has proven to be accurate when compared to traditional testing equipment.
Researchers tested whether full-body exergaming in virtual reality can be appropriately applied for training and therapy purposes.
Patients recovering from coronary heart disease who received rehabilitation through WeChat experienced a better recovery than those having standard care.
Researchers have developed an organ-on-an-electronic-chip platform, which uses bioelectrical sensors to measure the electrophysiology of the heart cells in three dimensions.
Transdermal optical imaging measures blood pressure by detecting blood flow changes in smartphone-captured facial videos.
A wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions.
A scientist is working to develop miniature implantable medical devices that sense and communicate wirelessly via sound waves.
Researchers developed a remote-controlled drug delivery implant the size of a grape that may help chronic disease management.
Researchers have developed a wearable heart monitor which can assess heart health accurate, and uninterrupted over several days.
A researcher has developed a multiple sensor fusion device for non-contact measurement of vital signs and its clinical applications.
Using artificial intelligence, researchers have decoded the functional impact of genome mutations in people with autism spectrum disorder.
Years-long tracking of individuals’ biology helped define what it meant for them to be healthy and showed how changes from the norm could signal disease.
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
Researchers studied gaming data from the mobile game and found out that it can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s.
Researchers have "printed" the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.
Researchers have developed pajamas embedded with self-powered sensors that provide unobtrusive and continuous monitoring of heartbeat, breathing and sleep posture.
Researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation – a condition, which if left untreated can lead to serious health complications and even death.
The clinical trial to determine whether a smartwatch app that analyzes pulse-rate data can screen for a heart-rhythm disorder has enrolled more than 400,000 participants.
Researchers announce critical advances in the use of 3D-printed coronary phantoms with diagnostic software, further developing a non-invasive diagnostic method for Coronary Artery Disease risk assessment.
Patients could soon get faster and more accurate diagnoses with new software that can automatically detect signs of diabetes, heart disease and cancer from medical images.
Stress management: virtual support by "human" avatars works just as well as face-to-face support, a new study shows.
Researchers analyze skin cells from mre than 100 people of different ages to find molecular signatures that change as people get older.
Researchers use the analogy of raindrops on the sidewalk to explain their new method to identify genetic variations that cause severe pediatric diseases.
Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are all building technologies that have the potential to transform the delivery of care. Here are some examples of BigTech's road into healthcare.
In a matter of seconds, a new algorithm read chest X-rays for 14 pathologies, performing as well as radiologists in most cases, a Stanford-led study says.
The computer game “jumpBALL” could help to prevent thrombosis, help during rehabilitation after a stroke or hip or knee surgery. It is played with your feet.
Designer Leah Heiss considers her work as creating “emotional technologies”, i.e. wearable devices based on human-centred design principles. For her, empathy is everything!
AR offers a new platform to help physicians better visualize complex medical data, particularly before and during medical procedures.
Checking the heartbeat of babies in the womb is set to become more accurate and less stressful for expectant mothers.
Engineers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows for localized control of an object's firmness, opening up new biomedical avenues that could one day include artificial arteries and organ tissue.
Scientists created a flexible ultrasonic patch that non-invasively monitors the blood pressure in major vessels such as the jugular vein and carotid artery.
A Cambridge start-up has developed a low-cost next-generation wearable heart and cardiovascular function monitor which uses AI to diagnose heart rhythm and respiratory problems in real time.
Biomedical engineers have designed 3D-printed tracheal splints for pediatric patients. These were used to assist the breathing of an infant battling a life-threatening airway obstruction.
A team at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute has created a virtual 3D heart that could have a major impact on treatment of the most common heart rhythm disturbance, atrial fibrillation (AF).
Engineers have developed a method with which heart sounds can be reliably detected and diagnosed by radar.
Engineers have created biosensor technology with a wireless connection to smartphones that will enable a new wave of personal health.