A bionic “heart” for testing prosthetic valves
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a biorobotic hybrid heart for testing prosthetic valves and other cardiac devices.
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Bioengineering living heart valves
Reserchers have made progress developing living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient's native tissue.
First robotic coronary angioplasties in Germany
Robocath announces it has successfully completed its first robotic coronary angioplasties with R-One in Germany.
3D printed airway stents approved by FDA
The patient-specific stents developed at Cleveland Clinic are designed using CT scans and proprietary 3D visualization software.
First successful robotic coronary angioplasties in Africa
Robocath announced it has successfully completed six robotic coronary angioplasties with R-One, a first for the continent of Africa.
Virtual reality has potential for CPR training
Cardiologists performed a research project during a large music festival called Lowlands, in the Netherlands in August 2019.
Wearables link insufficient sleep to biological aging
Study using wearable trackers links insufficient sleep to increased rate of biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk.
mhealth: prevention through digital helpers
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Application Center SYMILA have developed a prevention app called BAYathlon that is designed to help detect a specific form of cardiac arrythmia at an early stage.
Activity trackers help manage diabetes
Patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease who used wearable step-counting devices have shown small-to-medium improvements in physical activity.
mhealth: WeChat helps recovery of heart disease patients
Patients recovering from coronary heart disease who received rehabilitation through WeChat experienced a better recovery than those having standard care.
Icaros: Flight simulator home trainer
Researchers tested whether full-body exergaming in virtual reality can be appropriately applied for training and therapy purposes.
Drones deliver defibrillators faster than ambulances
A trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable drones to deliver automated external defibrillators to the scene of a cardiac arrest has taken place in Canada.
Robocath performs robotic coronary angioplasties in humans
The robotic procedures were performed at in France and precede the first clinical study of its kind to be conducted in Europe.
AI identified decision-relevant patterns in EEG of coma patients
A research team has succeeded in identifying specific patterns in Electro-Encephalogram (EEG) analyses that the deep learning network uses for making prognosis decisions.
mhealth: health studies to benefit from Apple watch
During its latest keynote presentation, tech giant Apple announced cooperations for health studies. The latest model of their smartwatches are to be key in their execution.
A swifter way towards 3D printed organs
A new technique called SWIFT (sacrificial writing into functional tissue) allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks.
Studying heart cells with nanovolcanoes
A new microelectrode that penetrates the cell membrane unassisted and, when placed in an array, allows scientists to follow electrical activity as it spreads through tissues.
Using mhealth for detecting atrial fibrillation
A new study highlights the feasible use of mhealth devices to help with the screening and detection of atrial fibrillation.
Self-rolling sensors take heart cell readings in 3D
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.
3D printing of silicone components
Spectroplast has developed a method to make silicone products such as hearing aids, breast prosthesis for breast cancer patients using a 3D printer.
4D printing the world’s smallest stent
Researchers have developed a new method for producing malleable microstructures – for instance, vascular stents that are 40 times smaller than previously possible.
mhealth: blood pressure monitoring as easy as taking a selfie
Transdermal optical imaging measures blood pressure by detecting blood flow changes in smartphone-captured facial videos.
One step closer to bioprinting the human heart
Researchers have developed a technique to 3D bioprint collagen, allowing them to fabricate fully functional components of the human heart.
3D printed silicone heart valves
3D printed custom-made artificial heart valves from silicone could help meet an ageing population’s growing demand for replacement heart valves.
E-tattoo enables heart monitoring for days
Researchers have developed a wearable heart monitor which can assess heart health accurate, and uninterrupted over several days.
The first contactless cardiac arrest AI system for smart speakers
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep without touching them.
Octopus-inspired wearable sensor
Water-resistant and skin-adhesive wearable electronics are using graphene fabric sensor with octopus-inspired microsuckers.
Sensor fusion device for non-contact measurement of vital signs
A researcher has developed a multiple sensor fusion device for non-contact measurement of vital signs and its clinical applications.
Algorithm steers catheters to the right spot to treat atrial fibrillation
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.