Medical devices are among the subtlest, trickiest design problems to solve: we only encounter them when we're frightened or sick, and they often look like science fiction torture machines. But what if an assistive device, like a ...READ»
A new device from Echo Therapeutics promises to speed up the effects of Lidocaine, a topical anesthetic, so shots, IVs, and other medical procedures will be less painful. It's inching towards FDA approval.READ»
Fujitsu just unveiled an energy-harvesting device that can turn both heat and light into electricity -- hinting at a future where power can be gleaned from everywhere.READ»
A medical devices manufacturer might spend millions of dollars over several years improving an old hospital standby--a bedside monitor, say, which measures blood pressure, heart rate, or blood-oxygen levels, and which sounds an ...READ»
Here's another poke in the eye for people who gripe that the space industry is a waste of money: Technology originally developed by NASA as an insulator for spacecraft has been incorporated into a new implantable medical device ...READ»
Even if someone has a heart attack, it routinely takes three hours before the symptoms become manifest. And that's precisely the problem--Every hour that ER treatment is delayed raises the chance of death by a percentage point, so ...READ»
