EEG interface for iPhones: The XWave is an EEG (electroencephalography) interface from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based PLX Devices Inc. that works with Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhones and iPads as a controller for games, meditation training and potentially many other uses not invented yet. The actual EEG is NeuroSky Inc.’s eSense dry sensor, which the company has been licensing to other companies in order to push the technology into consumer hands.
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Weekly Wireless Roundup: Sprint and BodyMedia team up to track health
Sprint and BodyMedia team up to track health: Sprint (NYSE:S) is partnering with Pittsburgh, Pa.-based BodyMedia to provide real-time connectivity between BodyMedia’s personal monitoring wristbands and Sprint’s smartphones. Similar to the popular FitBit, BodyMedia’s wristband tracks activity levels which are then stored and analyzed on a phone.
MedGadget’s MedTech Monday: Diagnosis through exhaled breath
Diagnosis through exhaled breath: Researchers from Purdue University and NIST developed new technology for detection of biomarkers in breath with sensitivity approaching only few parts per billion. “The technology works by detecting changes in electrical resistance or conductance as gases pass over sensors built on top of ‘microhotplates,’ tiny heating devices on electronic chips. Detecting biomarkers provides a record of a patient’s health profile, indicating the possible presence of cancer and other diseases,” according to the researchers.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: NEJM iPhone app tests docs’ diagnosis skills
NEJM iPhone app tests docs’ diagnosis skills: The New England Journal of Medicine released its popular Image Challenge, a quiz testing healthcare providers’ ability to diagnose conditions based on photos, for Apple’s (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone/iPad platform. The app’s features include:
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Physicians prescribe pills with iPrescribe on iPhone
Physicians prescribe pills with iPrescribe on iPhone: iApp Creative released an update to its iPrescribe app for Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhones and iPads. The tool makes it intuitive and faster to prescribe doctors favorite pills to their favorite patients.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Medical device companies arming their sales forces with iPads
Medical device companies arming their sales forces with iPads: MedGadget contributors noticed at RSNA that almost all of the roving packs of salespeople were equipped with Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPads to give spontaneous PowerPoint presentations, which they would at a moment’s provocation. And now The Wall Street Journal has written about it, so apparently this is a real thing.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Day in the life of an iPad in the OR
Day in the life of an iPad in the OR: Felasfa M. Wodajo, an orthopedic surgeon in the Washington DC area and senior editor of iMedicalApps.com, published an editorial in the Journal of Surgical Radiology describing his experience with using an Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPad in the OR.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: SuccessEHS gives doctors access to medical records via smartphones
SuccessEHS gives doctors access to medical records via smartphones: Birmingham, Ala.-based electronic health record developer SuccessEHS launched an Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone app that gives healthcare providers access to the company’s EHR system.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: A microchip a day might keep the doctor away
A microchip a day might keep the doctor away: Novartis AG, using technology licensed from Proteus Biomedical, is currently developing the Ingestible Event Marker, a specialized microchip which the company plans to add to pills. When a patient ingests an IEM-enhanced pill, their stomach acids activate the microchip, which then sends data such as heart rate, temperature, and body movements to a dermal patch via Bluetooth connectivity. This patch can then export the data to an EMR, so that it can be accessed by the patient’s doctors.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Medtronic gives away 4,500 iPads
Medtronic gives away 4,500 iPads: Christmas came early this year at Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT). The Fridley, Minn.-based medical device behemoth bought 4,500 Apple Inc. (NSDQ:AAPL) iPads for its employees, but the devices are intended for work, unfortunately. Think sales reps showing video and product information to doctors and hospitals, said Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry.
Weekly Wireless Roundup: Nonin Medical launches wrist-worn wireless-enabled pulse oximeter
Nonin Medical launches wrist-worn wireless-enabled pulse oximeter: Nonin Medical is releasing a new wrist-worn pulse oximeter called the WristOx2 that can transmit recorded readings via Bluetooth to your computer or smartphone. The device can store 270 hours of readings at 1 second resolution for later analysis by a physician, according to the company.