It’s a busy season this December and no matter where you are in the world, we’ve got you covered with the latest events and trends in the medical industry! Read on to get up to date.
Making Vital Eye Examinations Accessible Through Robotics
Eye scanning techniques currently only undertaken by highly trained medical staff within clinical settings may soon be carried out in much more accessible locations using robotics. Team RAOCT from Duke University (USA), finalists for KUKA’s Innovation Award 2020: Medical Robotics Challenge, presented their pioneering solution at virtual.MEDICA + virtual.COMPAMED. Learn more.
Virtual MEDICA: TOP3 IoMT Techpreneurs 2020
Three pioneering Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) solutions have scooped up first place at the virtual.MEDICA + virtual.COMPAMED event this year. We covered the congress. Check out the results in this article.
Shape 2021 Forum: How Innovation Can Move Patient Care up the Value Chain
The recent Siemens Healthineers Shape 21 forum offered insight into how innovation and digitalization are set to move patient care up the value chain. Here are some of the key concepts and technologies.
Detecting Disease Through the Toilet Bowl
Technology featured in a science fiction movie has inspired a new device that could end up saving hundreds of thousands of lives and offering early warnings of future pandemics. Israeli company OutSense has developed an IoT device which attaches to a toilet bowl and scans excretions for signs of disease. Discover more about OutSense.
A Copper-Based Material That Kills Covid-19
An innovative self-decontaminating copper coating that is applied to worksurfaces, doors and handrails can almost completely kill coronavirus in under four hours. Lab results show that when the recycled copper-based material is exposed to Covid-19, the virus activity is reduced by up to 99.95% within two and four hours. Read more.
Protein-Based Therapeutics: An Alternative to Antibiotics in Animals
A treatment derived from natural milk proteins is being heralded as a possible replacement for antibiotics in animals and perhaps even humans. The World Health Organization states that using antibiotics in food animals may have a negative impact on human health by inducing the spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens that may spread to people. Antibiotic resistance is a major global health problem and causes one death every 15 minutes in the US alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Learn more.
NEW Guide Alert: Choosing the Right Dental Unit
What is the difference between a dental unit and a dental chair? How does a dental unit work? What is it important to consider when buying a dental unit? How do you disinfect a dental unit? What options are available for dental units? Find all the answers in our buying guide.
