Imec spinoff Lopos, with the Ghent University (Belgium) announced the Lopos SafeDistance wearable for promoting safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. As businesses attempt to return to in-person activities, the collaboration designed the wearable device to warn employees through an audible or haptic alarm when they are violating social distancing guidelines as they approach each other. […]
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FDA launches COVID-19 research initiative
The FDA has entered an agreement with healthcare analytics company Aetion to research urgent questions about COVID-19. The New York City-based company said the research will support FDA objectives to explore the natural history of the disease, as well as treatment and diagnostic patterns using relevant, novel data sources and analyzing these data according to […]
Zebra Medical Vision wins FDA clearance for AI to predict osteoporosis
Zebra Medical Vision announced today that it received its fifth FDA 510(k) clearance for its Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF) product. The Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel-based company’s latest artificial intelligence-based product automatically identifies findings suggestive of compression fractures, which enables clinicians to place patients that are at risk of osteoporosis in treatment pathways that can prevent potentially […]
Beckman Coulter awarded expanded contract for sepsis algorithm
Beckman Coulter announced that it received an expanded partnership with BARDA for its expanding COVID-19 medical countermeasure portfolio. BARDA (the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services) awarded Beckman Coulter the partnership in collaboration with Dascena, Inc. The collaboration will offer advanced research and development toward […]
Could COVID-19 be telehealth’s big moment?
Frost & Sullivan announced today that recent analysis finds that the demand for telehealth technology is expected to rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis, titled “Telehealth — A Technology-Based Weapon in the War Against the Coronavirus, 2020,” revealed that, as COVID-19 continues to disrupt the practice of medicine and the delivery of healthcare, the […]
Current Health, Mayo Clinic launch AI-based COVID-19 detection collaboration
Current Health announced today that it launched a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to develop remote monitoring solutions that help identify COVID-19-positive patients. Using Boston-based Current Health’s FDA-cleared remote monitoring sensors and platform, experts from the company and Mayo Clinic can expedite the identification of the coronavirus and improve treatment efficacy and care for patients with […]
This Caltech-developed electronic skin is fully powered by sweat
Caltech researchers are touting an “electronic skin” (e-skin) applied to real skin that can monitor health indicators with fuel from the body’s own waste products instead of batteries. The e-skin, made from soft, flexible rubber, can be embedded with sensors for monitoring heart rate, body temperature, blood sugar levels and metabolic byproducts that are health […]
Nemaura pulls in $5m loan
Wearable diagnostic device developer Nemaura Medical (NSDQ:NMRD) announced today that it secured a $5 million non-convertible loan. The Loughborough, England–based company currently commercializing the SugarBeat continuous glucose monitor (CGM) received the 24-month loan, which does not include warrants or other equity securities, from Chicago Venture Partners, according to a news release. “This loan strengthens our financial […]
COVID-19 is an opportunity for cybercriminals to hack medical devices
Interpol is warning that cybercriminals are targeting hospitals and other institutions on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The international agency’s Cybercrime Threat Response team at its Cyber Fusion Centre has detected a significant increase in attempted ransomware attacks against key organizations and infrastructure engaged in the virus response. The ransomware attacks involve preventing […]
COVID-19 upends medtech’s financial outlook
The uncertain times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected businesses worldwide, and several sectors of medtech industry are projecting hits to their bottom lines. A number of companies have announced decisions to withdraw financial guidance, cut hours and/or staff, among other major business decisions. Initial impacts of the global pandemic on Wall Street […]
Could Alexa help fight coronavirus?
The Amazon Echo smart home device may inadvertently prove to be a useful tool battling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Among the many features of the smart speaker device, and those on the market that are similar to it, are capabilities as a public health tool. According to a column in The New York Times, these […]