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Paulsen Leads Special Order on Repealing the Medical Device Tax
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) leads an hour-long discussion with members of the House of Representatives discussing the repeal of the medical device excise tax.
A robotic prosthetic hand at 1/100th the cost
The Open Hand Project is developing 3D-printed robotic prosthetic hands than the company says will be 100 times cheaper than the high-tech prosthetics on the market today.
3D printed kidneys are alive in the petri dish
Live kidney cells made with biological 3D printers, which can be seen moving in the petri dish and survive for up to 4 months in a lab setting, could make a big impact in medical research.
Designing a $100 knee for the developing world
Stanford students developed a prosthetic knee joint that costs around $100 and has already been fitted on at least 300 amputees around the world. Designed for the developing world, the joint is ultra-low cost and intended for high performance and extreme conditions.
Unclogging arteries with a Roomba-like robot
This animation, courtesy of Nanobotmodels, a company developing digital graphics to depict conceptual technologies, imagines an anti-atherosclerosis nanorobot, which can unclog arteries with a micro-robot similar to a Roomba.
Would you let a robot draw your blood? Veebot hopes so
Veebot, LLC, of Mountain View, Calif. is betting that patients will trust a robot to replace phlebotomy technicians. The company’s technology consists of "tools designed to manipulate ordinary butterfly catheter devices and Vacutainer needles to start IVs and draw blood," according to its website.
The device, designed by Stanford researchers is still in the patent filing stage but this video, currently making the rounds on the web is certainly causing a stir.
Will e-skin transform medicine?
University of Tokyo researchers have developed a skin-like material that can be worn on any surface without restricting movements. The group is looking to expand the capabilities to include health monitoring systems, wearable medical instruments and robotic skin. In other words, pretty darn cool.
The effects of DBS on the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Andrew was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease in 2009, when he was 35 years old. He lives with his wife and 2 children in Auckland, New Zealand. In November 2012 and February 2013 he underwent a surgical procedure, deep-brain stimulation surgery, to help control his motor symptoms. This has been hugely beneficial to his quality of life. He is the author of a blog, youngandshaky.com, which he created to raise awareness of the effects of Parkinson’s disease. This is his experience of how DBS has helped him and in the usual manner, results may vary
D+Vice Talk – June 7, 2013 with guest speaker Stephen Simpson, medtech analyst
Welcome to the latest edition of the MassDevice.com’s D+Vice Talk, our new webcast, in which we review medical device stories from the last week.
D+Vice Talk – May 23, 2013
Welcome to the latest edition of the MassDevice.com’s D+Vice Talk, our new webcast, in which we review medical device stories from the last week.
In this episode we talk about Wright Medical’s salesperson-free sales model, the FDA’s new appeals process proposal, winners and losers in the new Medicare reimbursement rates and Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a preemptive double-mastectomy.
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