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.
By utilizing some of today’s technologies, the company is embracing new solutions to make stroke rehabilitation more intuitive, and hopefully more efficacious. In order to improve motor functions in upper extremities, Myomo will be offering "the Myomo Mobility System, a comprehensive program that helps neurologically impaired people move their arms again, maintain their movement and return to routine daily activities… The system integrates Myomo’s PERL Technique, an evidence-based therapy program; a Google (NSDQ:GOOG) Android-based Connected Health Platform for tracking progress; and Games For Health for augmented therapy at home. Myomo’s neuro-robotic technology has been clinically proven effective in stroke patients from two days to 21 years post-stroke and is used in both clinical and home settings,"the company said.
The gaming part of the rehabilitative regiment is based on a program developed by the University of Ulster in the UK, known as myGames, a scientifically engineered virtual environment that gives a patient "a series of realistic scenarios in which the virtual objects respond to the movement of the patient."
STERRAD Sterility Guide mobile app launched:
Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Advanced Sterilization Products division released an app that helps determine what can be properly sterilized in the company’s STERRAD devices. The STERRAD Sterility Guide (SSG) app is now out on the Android platform and will soon be available for Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhones and RIM’s (NSDQ:RIMM) Blackberrys. Its medical evice listings are device-manufacturer specific.
NC State researchers develop privacy software for Android phones:
Researchers at North Carolina State University developed software for smartphones running the Android operating system that helps the phone’s owners prevent their personal information from being stolen by hackers. The software, called "Taming Information-Stealing Smartphone Applications" or TISSA, works by creating a privacy setting manager that allows users to customize the level of information each smartphone application can access at any time. The software could be helpful for healthcare providers who use their smartphones for both personal and professional use. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation and NC State’s Secure Open Systems Initiative, which receives funding from the U.S. Army Research Office.
Korea Telecom trials mobile diabetes management:
Looking for ways to save money while taking care of its increasing patient rolls, South Korea is turning to mobile health as a way to manage chronic illness. Qualcomm, the Gyeonggi Province of Korea, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Korea Telecom are partnering on a project called Self Quality Care. The project will use 3G applications and services to provide patients and care providers with health information and reminders to manage chronic disease and promote healthier lifestyles, reports MobiHealthNews.