Researchers at Monash University in Australia are on the verge of creating a revolutionary, portable blood pressure monitoring device that can provide data continuously to patients from the comfort of their home….
Category: Medical
Ingestible medical devices can be broken down with light
MIT engineers demonstrated a bariatric balloon that can be inflated in the stomach and then degraded by shining light on the seal, which is made of a novel light-sensitive polymer. A variety…
Machine keeps human livers alive for one week
Researchers from the University Hospital and ETH Zurich have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keep them alive outside the body for one week. This breakthrough may increase the…
AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerpick test
Tracking sugar in the blood is crucial for both healthy individuals and diabetic patients. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful,…
Earbuds will measure Blood Pressure Soon
Valencell, a well-known wearables components-maker has announced the availability of the world’s first calibration-free blood pressure (BP) sensor system for integration in hearables and wearables. Soon we will be able to measure…