Wearable medical devices such as continuous heart rate monitors, insulin pumps and neural stimulators usually need access to an electric power source in order to function. While there’s a great deal of wasted energy that our body emits that can be harvested to power such devices, making it actually happen using biocompatible materials has proven to be challenging. Now, a team of engineers at Purdue University has shown that polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), one of the most common polymers used in…
Doctors at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi have performed the first robotic 'whipple' procedures to treat pancreatic and duodenal tumors in the United Arab Emirates, expanding the application of specialized assistive technology to treat complex diseases and conditions. Robotic surgery is an advanced form of minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery. It has transformed the care and treatment of prostate cancer, digestive diseases, urological procedures, hysterectomy and mitral valve repair – all of which are performed by experts at Cleveland Clinic Abu…
Vitls Inc., a company out of Houston, Texas, won FDA clearance for its Vitls Platform, a combination of a vitals monitoring patch, cloud storage, and an app that lets clinicians monitor multiple patients wearing such a patch at once. The patch, which is called Tégo, keeps track of a patient’s heart and respiration rates, heart rate variability, body temperature, and blood oxygenation (SpO2). It’s a wireless, flexible, disposable device with a battery lifetime of about six days. Patients can be…
Tamouh Healthcare has announced that it will open its second new tent for laser-based DPI screening in Seih Shoaib 'after the checkpoint' on Sunday to mitigate the crowd being experienced at the first tent in Ghantoot area. The DPI technology has been adopted recently to detect suspected cases of COVID-19 before entering the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, as it shows result in a few seconds. The move comes to preserve public health and to curb the spread of the virus.…
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed robotic prosthetic legs which uses motors that were originally designed for use on the robotic arm of the International Space Station. The motors allow the prostheses to move more naturally, producing less stress on the hips of users, and they are also quieter and more energy efficient than pre-existing robotic legs. Conventional prosthetic legs require the wearer to move their hips abnormally to raise the foot and swing the leg forward. This…
