While we are not at the stage of living like the “Jetsons” there are certainly strides being made on an almost weekly basis to move more robotic technologies into the home and it stands to reason that it would be moving into the medical field and operating rooms as well. [...]
Undergoing diagnostic testing and eventual surgery to remove cancerous tissue and tumors is a traumatic event for any patient. This trauma is amplified when, following the removal of the tumor, it grows back. To reduce the frequency of this, researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have developed a technology called [...]
A Pennsylvania company signed a contract with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps that is worth close to four million dollars. The project will help advance technologies and develop an infrascanner brain hematoma detector. The non-invasive device, which is commercially available, detects the presence of brain hematomas through the use [...]
Nanotechnology continues to be on a booming upswing in the medical field. Nanotechnologies, however, have drawbacks because it is more difficult to achieve effective imaging. A way to address that has been the incorporation of quantum dots and by using enhanced optical filters in the nanotech field. Quantum dots and [...]
Gold nanoparticles and laser light technologies have come together as a result of research by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This technology allows physicians the ability to “measure the stickiness of the mucus that lines a patients’ airways.” This technology is a breakthrough for doctors [...]
Researchers in London have found that violet-blue LED lights can work with a particular type of Type 2 diabetes medication to help more effectively release insulin. It was discovered that the new medication, “when exposed to violet-blue light, changes shape to release a proper amount of insulin from pancreatic cells.” [...]
A company in California has earned FDA clearance to use its Cyclo G6 laser. This laser is designed to treat glaucoma patients and help relieve the symptoms of the eye disease. The laser features the company’s proprietary MicroPulse tissue-sparing technology which utilizes a family of single-use probes. According to a [...]
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