Mobile Devices & Accessories

Touch-free vital signs monitor launched by Sensiotec at #ATA2012

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Sensiotec launches the Virtual Medical Assistant UWB vital signs monitor featuring no patient contact with sensors, cuffs or pressure pads.

Numera Health follows up BlueLibris acquisition with launch of HealthPort

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17 days ago by
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Numera Health closes acquisition of mobile PERS developer BlueLibris and launches new Numera HealthPort telemedicine portal.

Jawbone UP review: A less expensive alternative to the FuelBand with compromises

20 days ago by
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The Jawbone UP is a useful activity tracker that launched with much fanfare, but its defective hardware gave time for its competitors to steal its thunder.

Striiv launches second generation Smart Pedometer, available at Best Buy

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Apr 30, 2012 by
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Striiv announces its second generation Smart Pedometer with the new Activity Motivation System, which will be available at Best Buy retailers.

Sonosite patent shows experimentation with iPad and ultrasound probes

Apr 27, 2012 by
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Over a year ago, we covered the FDA approval of Mobisante’s MobiUS ultrasound, which paired an ultrasound probe with a Windows Toshiba smartphone (which we hope to see moving to Android soon!). A recent patent filing by Sonosite, an ultrasound device maker worth over $750bn, suggests they are moving towards using tablets like the iPad with future ultrasound probes.

Withings Body Scale enters into partnership with BodyMediaFIT Armband

Apr 24, 2012 by
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BodyMedia has entered into a partnership with Withings to import data from the Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale into the BodyMediaFIT Activity Manager.

Multi-function mobile vitals monitor by Sotera Wireless receives FDA clearance

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Apr 17, 2012 by
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Sotera Wireless receives FDA 510k approval for its ViSi Mobile body area network technology.

Fitbit Ultra Review: A Thorough, Well-Rounded Yet Unassuming Activity Tracker

Apr 16, 2012 by
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The Fitbit Ultra is a straightforward and solidly performing activity tracker that offers the most accurate and fully-featured data collection among its competition.

Nike FuelBand Review: An Exciting Entry into the Gamification of Health

Apr 11, 2012 by
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The Nike FuelBand takes a simple yet trendy approach in fitness tracking that should prove popular among enthusiasts, but suffers from a lack of diet and sleep quality tracking.

iPhone & iPad peripheral ThermoDock measures body temperature without any body contact

Apr 02, 2012 by
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ThermoDock is an infrared thermometer attachment for the iphone or iPad that accurately captures temperature.

iSonea launches clinical trial to assess effectiveness of its acoustic asthma monitoring device

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Mar 30, 2012 by
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects people of all ages. While traditionally, spirometry has been used to study children and adults with asthma, pediatric patients were typically too young to participate. iSonea, a company that develops acoustic respiratory monitoring devices, has recently found a solution to this problem and announced the launch of a post-market study using their WheezoMeter monitoring technology. The study, called Wheeze Rate Correlation and found on clinicaltrails.org is planned for two locations in California.

First sterile iPad sleeve for operating room now available, exclusive hands-on review

Mar 22, 2012 by
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EchoMedical has partnered with Protek Medical devices to bring to market a disposable sterile iPad sleeve for use in the operating room. iMedicalApps was able to get a first-run production unit for quick test. Read below to see my first impressions as well as what we found about processes used to ensure sterility of the sleeves for operating room use.