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OrthoSensor’s VERASENSE, a “smart” digital joint implant set to launch in Europe
OrthoSensor announced plans to launch its VERASENSE Knee System in European Markets. OrthoSensor describes VERASENSE as the first integrated intelligent orthopedic device to provide surgeons with real-time quantitative data on knee implant positioning, limb alignment and soft tissue balance during total knee replacement surgery.
Details of highly successful U Chicago hospital iPad program revealed
Recently, physicians at the University of Chicago published a research letter in the Archives of Internal Medicine detailing their experience with the routine use of iPads by internal medicine residents during their regular duties. What they documented was that use of the mobile device was objectively associated with faster order entry after patient admission and the subjective assessment that it saves up to one hour per day for each resident.
New T-ray technology could bring Star Trek like hand-held medical scanners one step closer to reality
by Tim Bredrup The dream of a Star Trek-style hand held medical scanner is now closer due to a new development in electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) wave technology, also known as T-rays. This technology, also seen in full-body security scanners, is currently able to detect very small and otherwise hidden biological phenomena such as increased blood […]
An iPhone as a portable medical imaging device
Researches have created a way to use an iPhone 4, an add on lens, and a custom app to convert it into a medical imaging and chemical-detection device!
