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By Dirk Cordt, Marketing Manager International at GOSSEN METRAWATT GmbH. Worldwide, many international and national regulations exist and are mandatory to ensure the performance, safety and function of medical devices. The test intervals to be observed are often specified by the manufacturer of the medical devices or systems. In any case, the operator of the tech...

Jason Gorevic, CEO of Teladoc Health explained, during a session entitled “Telemedicine Skyrockets to Mainstream,” how even the global company was taken by surprise. He said: “Overnight our volume literally doubled. Everyone went from asking what telehealth was, to thinking of virtual care as the future. We always thought this was inevitable—we just didn’t think it wo...

By Faki Saadi, Regional Enterprise Mobility Director, France at SOTI. In terms of equipment—masks, breathing apparatus, hand disinfectant gel—France has what it needs, but when it comes to technology, many healthcare workers are lacking the critical tools that they need to deliver critical care. If in March healthcare staff were fresh and ready to face the crisis...

In the short term, the Freeform Reversible Embedding of Suspended Hydrogels (FRESH) technique aims to create replica organs to enable cardiac surgeons to visualize and plan complicated procedures with more precision than ever before. Adam W. Feinberg, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the university, said: “One day, the hope ...

Today the biggest challenge facing healthcare is the need to enhance value for patients. Healthcare systems across the world are having to contend with rising costs; growing and aging populations; and fewer resources with varying quality. These issues have been thrown into even sharper relief by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Most diagnoses and treatments remain standard...

French companies BeFC and PKvitality were chosen to draw equal first place with Germany-based inContAlert to become the TOP3 Internet of Medical Things Techpreneurs 2020 in the 12th Healthcare Innovation World Cup. The three entrants were chosen from among 12 finalists, all highly sophisticated, innovative “techpreneurs,” explained Christian Stammel, founder and CEO of W...

Israeli company OutSense has developed an IoT device which attaches to a toilet bowl and scans excretions for signs of disease. OutSense CEO Yfat Scialom explained: “The initial idea was born when Ishay Attar, our founder, was watching The Island, where people live in a futuristic utopian facility that continually monitors the inhabitants’ toilet activity. It cam...

Mark Draelos, MD, PhD, led the team in demonstrating how optical coherence tomography (OCT), a non-invasive imaging test using light waves to take cross-section pictures of the retina, could be carried out by a robotic arm. He explained: “OCT has revolutionized ophthalmic imaging—it is able to obtain 3D images of the eye which are able to reveal key details of interes...

The findings were published in scientific journal ACS Nano. Used the world over, ordinary surgical face masks are an important way of stopping the spread of Covid-19. However, viral particles can still settle and survive on such masks, which means that if they are touched or disposed of inappropriately, they can still cause infection. A research team at CityU’s Depart...

Created by a joint team of engineers and virologists, the test enables Covid antibodies, the blood-borne protein that attacks the coronavirus, to be detected in 10 seconds. The presence of these antibodies in a person’s blood indicates that they were previously infected by the virus. Pinpointing who within a population has Covid antibodies helps track the virus’ progress...

NGS involves reading small fragments of DNA and is commonly used to identify diseases and genetic mutations. The new test has 90% sensitivity—that is, it detects the virus in 90% of cases and has a 10% rate of false negatives—and 100% specificity which means that it does not present false positives. It is also able to detect the infection from day one. The usual go...

Avi Cohen, Global Head of Research and Development at Israel-based SodaStream, explained the StreamO2, which is currently awaiting approval by the Israeli Ministry of Health, aims to oxygenate patients who are struggling to breathe before they require ventilation. He said: “We were approached at the end of March by Dr. Akiva Nachshon, from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital ...

Many of those worst affected by Covid-19 have been admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), where they are surrounded by bedside equipment such as ventilators and infusion pumps. Much of this equipment has to be directly operated by doctors and other healthcare providers, heightening the risk that they themselves will become infected. This risk could now be mitigated ...

Faith Oftadeh, Communications Director for the Office of Space Technology at JPL, explained the company usually focuses on robotic exploration of the solar system but decided to develop the PULSE after employees came up with a prototype. She recalled: “One day in early March we were discussing the advice not to touch your face and realized how much we all did it—and h...

But how to make sure those filters meet the binding requirements? Then, when worn, how to make sure the respirators do not leak? Finally, in the current mask shortage situation, how to detect counterfeits? Oliver F. Bischof, Director of Sales – EMEA at TSI explained to us how filter testers and fit testers make sure respirators offer the right protection. Hicham Dhoui...

Located on a suburban street in downtown Tacoma, a few blocks from the frigid waters of Puget Sound in Washington state, CHI Franciscan’s Virtual Hospital has much in common with other healthcare facilities. It has a small army of nurses and other caregivers, engaged on a daily basis caring for the sick and infirm—monitoring vital signs, reading medical charts, recording...

The coronavirus keeps circulating and the number of contaminated people is still rising. In order to avoid any new lockdown, many countries are starting to require wearing masks in public areas. Surgical masks, barrier masks and even respirators are now increasingly visible in our streets. But such masks are often uncomfortable to wear, especially for a long period of ti...

It uses vehicles equipped with On Board Units (OBUs) to communicate with traffic controlling devices to give ambulances, firefighting vehicles and police cars right of way. Applied Information Inc, a provider of intelligent transportation infrastructure solutions, has teamed up with Autotalks, which specializes in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication solutions on...

The results of the clinical tests show a tremendous improvement for these children in terms of attention to the activity, speaking in three-word phrases, participating in pretend play, or following single-step directives. During the LiveWorx20 digital transformation conference organized exceptionally on a virtual basis this year due to Covid-19, Dr Howard Shane, Di...

In today’s pandemic-ravaged world, waking up with a mild cough or slight fever can be both hugely worrying and massively disruptive. With symptoms as non-specific as these, the only way to determine whether the sufferer has a common cold or full-blown Covid-19 is to run a diagnostic test. With countries now looking to relax lockdown periods and social distancing measures...

It’s also doted as “the world’s first elevator series with built-in digital connectivity as standard.” In November 2019, KONE Corporation launched its new KONE DX Class elevator series to provide the market with the world’s first elevator with built-in digital connectivity. Already in European markets since December 2019, the KONE DX Class elevator series will soon ro...

But it is one of the highest prices compared to the vaccines in development by rival labs such as Pfizer and BioNTech. Moderna intends to give priority to the United States as well as “rich” countries. American biotech company Moderna could charge governments between 50 and 60 dollars for its upcoming coronavirus vaccine, the Financial Times reported. That’s at leas...

Some of its latest innovations at this year’s ECR Online Edition from July 15-19 are the deep learning reconstruction technology Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) or the Aquilion ONE/PRISM Edition spectral CT system. The company, which is part of the Canon Inc group, offers a full range of medical imaging solutions. These include CT, MRI, ultrasound, diagn...

It all started with a novel idea from 12-year old Axel Sananes, who wanted to assist caregivers training with swab tests for Covid-19. He figured out how to safely perform these tests by creating a 3D printed nasopharyngeal swab simulator that caregivers can easily use. A project that was just an idea is now a reality, thanks to the financial support of Protege Ton Soign...

US-headquartered EnvisionTEC, one of the few 3D printer companies in the world whose products are being used for the production of final end-use parts, is a market leader in the development of bioprinting solutions. The company’s 3D-Bioplotter is a world-leading bioprinter used for research in over 300 peer-reviewed scientific and medical papers. MedicalExpo e-magazine c...

Among them, sleep apnea is an under-diagnosed condition that is very poorly treated due to the lack of practical and effective treatment. The family company Oniris has launched thermoformed mandibular advancement devices (MADs) that allow patients to take their own teeth impressions at home without having to go to the dentist. We spoke with Thibault Vincent, who runs the...

Today they are at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 in Africa and maybe soon in the US too. This article was initially published in our sister publication DirectIndustry Magazine. The African continent seems to be doing much better than Europe or the United States in the fight against Covid-19. While Africa hosts 17% of the world’s population, it on...

But some experts raise concerns about sequencing every baby at birth. The baby girl was only a few weeks old when she was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital Orange County. Her heart rate was abnormally low and cardiologists couldn’t figure out why. But thanks to a new test, doctors were able to take a blood sample, send it to a lab to ...

France-based NextMotion, which focuses on connected aesthetic activity using imaging and other digital tools, has been trialing LENA, a light-enabled neuro-robotic arm, in what is believed to be a world first. Dr Emmanuel Elard, a medical specialist in aesthetic medicine and founder and CEO of NextMotion, explains that the robotic arm is equipped with a vision system and...

Covid-19 is a respiratory infection that can cause lasting damage to the lungs. According to the WHO, 80 percent of people will not need to be hospitalized, but one person in six becomes seriously ill and can develop breathing difficulties. In these severe cases, the immune system detects the infection and expands blood vessels so more immune cells enter which can cause ...

Their Digital Twin solution simulates the efficacy and interactions of medications in the body of a patient based on their personal characteristics such as age, gender, kidney status, genotype and any other individual parameters. With the Covid-19 pandemic, they made digital twins of molecules such as lopinavir-ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. We spoke with...

Both in ventilators in clinical use for breathing support for severe patients and for use in protective equipment worn by laboratory and medical personnel, FAULHABER drives ensure reliable, simple and safe operations. Drives for Ventilation Systems Ventilators are currently in limited supply around the world, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases; many countri...

MedicalExpo e-Magazine spoke with the founders, Rebecca Cahua and Vivian Qu, to learn more about the technology behind this innovative locally manufactured product. Viaex Technologies, a material science startup and laboratory, has been researching nanomaterials and developing their own products for over six years. They have collaborated with DaD Sewing House, a ne...

Heralded by some experts as more effective than masks at protecting the eyes, nose and mouth from the virus—and deemed essential by others as an additional barrier layer—the shields and their parts are being produced on small and large scales. Tech giant Apple, sportswear label Nike and even Foster + Partners, the architects behind France’s famous Millau Viaduct,...

In the meantime, scientists in Lausanne are developing an app that aims to diagnose Covid-19 through the speaker of a smartphone. The test being developed by Sanofi and Luminostics uses a glow-in-the-dark nanoparticle that can be picked up by a smartphone’s camera to deliver results in 30 minutes without needing a medical professional. Users take a swab up their nose...

The so-called “Cellbox” is similar to a normal CO2 incubator and is fully temperature and CO2 controlled. It also has a flight version enabling very fragile cell lines to be transported by plane. We talked to Arthur Goudena, Marketing Manager at PHC Europe. MedicalExpo e-magazine: Do you intend to launch new products at Analytica 2020? Arthur Goudena: We will exhib...