Shaping complex sound fields from single ultrasonic transducers
A recent article in ‘Nature’ demonstrated how acoustic holograms can be simply manufactured using commonly...
Beyond compliance
Patient non-adherence is a problem that many pharma companies are trying to alleviate. The solution should be paired...
Holding medical devices hostage
As medical devices become increasingly connected, security is emerging as a major issue, prompting device companies and...
Ultraweak photon emission for cancer detection
Ten years ago researchers from the Tohoku Institute of Technology and the Tohoku University Graduate School of...
Developing a gold standard molecular test
On 6th January, the FDA made a very significant announcement: the Alere i Flu A/B test had been granted a full CLIA...
New FDA guidelines for Health IT development: what are the implications?
The FDA has released a draft report called the FDASIA Health IT Report which outlines a proposed strategy and...
Haptics and the robotics revolution
We are on the cusp of a robotics revolution. From the 1950’s aspiration of a humanoid robot in every home, through...
The future of surgical robotics
Since Intuitive Surgical launched the DaVinci surgical robotic system, there has been little real competition coming...
Connected Health – good news for patients and healthcare workers?
Over the past few months, there have been several media articles highlighting the intention of Medicare to fine over...
Is Apple Store close scrutiny of medical apps becoming a reality?
It has hit the news that Apple is applying closer scrutiny to the content and reliability of medical apps sold via the...
