2012
Medical
The "acoustic Lazarillo" is a system that gives independence to a blind person to move normally.
The system has two motion sensors: one conditioned on the sunglasses that measures the distances of the blind person to other persons or objects placed before him, and the second, put on a stick that serves to identify potential gaps, steps, etc. ,
Today, the assessment of body composition by estimating the percentage of body fat has a central importance in health. The percentage of body fat is a relevant parameter for assessing the nutritional status of an individual, in the evaluation of growth, in analyzing disease impact,
Non-invasive Imaging Method
A: Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) is a non-invasive imaging method applied in industry, geoelectrics during the last decades and recently for medical monitoring and analysis of the human lung functions.
B: What does "non-invasive“ mean?
With the Supreme Court's recent upholding of National Health Care, and the possibility that medical attention could be severely restricted or even withheld – options are essential. Now is the time to introduce a Quantum Leap in health care.
Quicken® Joint Lubrication has been found to relieve arthritis pain,
JDAxis and physicians from the University of Arizona’s Medical School have developed a patent pending medical device which is a proposed portable, non-invasive, handheld and intelligent wound assessment cameral based on infrared imaging. The technology consists of a thermal camera,
This equipment consists of a simple, handy inhalation whistle that can be used by every person, even children, due to its small size, its inconspicuousness, its simple structure and the simple handling as well as simple cleaning. It is also very suitable for rinsing the nose.
PROBLEM
Surgery is intrinsically invasive and unnatural. One of more prevalent surgeries that could be improved is colon resection, with more than 380,000 annually in the U.S. Commonly, a six inch incision provides access to the colon for the surgeon to visualize and manipulate the target area. This is beneficial for the surgeon, as it provides immediate sensory feedback.
1. Solution to medical device problems: High cost and bad user experience
The Genesis Artificial Pancreas is based on the CoreMD. The CoreMD provides wireless communication and power infrastructure for replaceable wearable medical devices ("wedges"). In an artificial pancreas, these wedges sense interstitial glucose, alert the user that a certain threshold has been reached,
We know, by specialized studies, that pollution is one of the biggest "cancers" of our economic development in the big cities, that kills thousand of people around the world. A recent Report of the Chilean Environmental Ministery (2011) shows that 4,200 people died because of cardio-respiratory diseases due to atmospheric pollution and another 13,300 people were affected directly.
Many brain development disorders like Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases are characterized by a deficiency in the interconnectivity between the brain and the sensory and motor organs.
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