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Weekly Wireless Roundup: Myomo launches Android-supported robotic stroke rehab device
Myomo launches Android-supported robotic stroke rehab device:
How do you enhance brain plasticity in patients recovering from stroke, so to improve their motor functions?
This is the question that Cambridge, Mass.-based Myomo Inc., the maker of an upcoming mPower 1000 neuro-robotic arm brace, is trying to answer.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Doctors’ need for an iPad2
Doctors’ need for an iPad2:
“Need” can be hard to quantify. If you’re one of those physicians who is less cutting edge with technology choices, is Apple’s (NSDQ:AAPL) sleeker, sexier iPad2 something that you should consider for adding value to your practice?
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Weekly Wireless Roundup: Osirix launches radiological image viewer for iPad
Osirix launches radiological image viewer for iPad: Osirix is one of the finest radiological (DICOM) image viewers out there, and best of all it is free and open source. Now you can also enjoy that goodness on your Apple Inc. iPad, with Osirix HD. A (paid) iPhone version has been out for a while, but of course the iPad screen lends itself much better for image viewing than the small iPhone screen. Osirix HD was released just a few days ago as a universal app for iPhone and iPad, and costs $29.99. It can display images from all common imaging modalities, such as ultrasound, CT, MRI or PET scans.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Wheelmap iPhone app finds routes for wheelchair users
Wheelmap iPhone app finds routes for wheelchair users: Getting around a city and visiting places can be hard when you are in a wheelchair because of some places are simply not designed for wheels. Wheelmap is an Apple Inc. iPhone app for wheelchair users which tells you about the accessibility of nearby restaurants, cafes, clubs, museums and other locations. Locations are color coded on a map to show how accessible they are. The current location but also any place around the world can be viewed.
Stryker Orthopaedics launches iPad apps for surgeons
Stryker Corp.’s (NYSE:SYK) orthopedics division launched two new applications today for Apple Inc.’s (NSDQ:AAPL) iPad.
The apps are the company’s first to be specifically aimed at surgeons."Stryker Flipchart," was designed to help orthopedic specialists explain joint replacement procedures to patients. "OpTech Live" is a guide to Stryker Orthopaedics’ products and surgical protocols.
Mobile app helps in-the-mood New Yorkers find condoms
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Weekly Wireless Roundup: LifeBot develops tablet for pre-hospital patient care
LifeBot develops tablet for prehospital patient care: LifeBot LLC implemented the HP Slate 500 as an in-ambulance computer and universal communication device. The tablet runs Windows 7 and can transmit live patient data to the receiving hospital via the DREAMS software, which was developed with U.S. Army Materiel Command, Texas A&M and UTHealth Science Center at Houston, according to the company.
FDA clears medical-image app for Apple mobile devices
The first medical app ever in the Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) app store is now the first app to receive 510(k) clearance from the Food & Drug Administration to be used to review and make medical diagnoses of MRI, CT and PET scans.
Mobile MIM, created by the Cleveland, Ohio-based MIM Software, shrinks the size of radiology images and transfers them securely while still allowing physicians to measure distance of the image and image intensity values, among other things.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: iPhone app alerts public when CPR needed nearby
iPhone app alerts public when CPR needed nearby: The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District of California launched a location-aware Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone application that is designed to alert citizens in the vicinity of an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest of the need for CPR. Application users who have indicated they are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation can now be notified if someone nearby is having a cardiac emergency.