Tiny Wireless Pacemaker

New development by a start-up company called Nanostim that was recently acquired by st. Jude Medical of a pacemaker about the size of a AAA battery that can be inserted into the heart using a catheter and will last for 9 to 13 years without any leads or wires required.

Check out the coverage on: Teeny Tiny Pacemaker Fits Inside the Heart

Health & Technology 2013 » HAT Event

Mainly for the Dutch readers of my blog, but perhaps also interesting for others. The Health and Technology 2013 event is to be held in Arnhem on September 17 and 18. The HAT tries to bring together the technical, commercial and medical professionals in the area of Healtcare Technology/Medical Devices in order to stimulate innovation and research. Go to the website through the link below, registration is free.

Health & Technology 2013 » HAT Event

TEDxToronto 2012 Talk - Dr. Joseph Cafazzo

Dr. Cafazzo is a biomedical engineer who has spent his entire career in a hospital setting. By observing healthcare delivery from the inside, he works on ways to keep people out of hospital by creating technologies that allow for self-care at home. At the same time, Joe and his team are the biggest critics of poorly designed health technologies and their ineffectiveness. He surrounds himself with whip-smart, and passionate engineers and designers who are creating technologies that are spirited, modern, people-focused, and hopefully, suck less.

The next step in augmented reality

Published at ISMAR conference 2012. This video shows first steps towards a Superman-like X-ray vision where a brain-computer interface (BCI) device and a gaze-tracker are used to allow the user controlling the augmented reality (AR) visualization. A BCI device is integrated into two medical AR systems. To assess the potential of this technology first feedback from medical doctors is gathered. While in this pilot study not the full range of available signals but only electromyographic signals are used, the medical doctors provided very positive feedback on the use of BCI for medical AR.

DIY (Diagnose It Yourself) Medicine Begins With An Open Source Reinvention Of The Stethoscope

Check this great movie showing the capabilities of home operated devices. http://www.healthimaginghub.com/index.php?option=com_jomtube&view=video&id=547

RADbook available for free for the iPad

RADbook 2012 is now available for free for the iPad. The RADbook app provides a 168 page overview of what is available on the radiology market today subdivided into 11 categories. These categories are: IT, CT, MRI, Interventional, Mammo, R/F, Nuclear, Displays/Printers, Ultrasound, Injectors, and Testing Devices.

It provides a listing of the available devices/systems with a direct link to the website of the vendor. A valuable tool for anyone looking to buy new equipment.

The Future of Integrated Health Care 2015

Check out this interesting movie on youtube. Is this where we are going??

The Future of Health Care is a subject that has been under intense speculation and debate in recent times across different forums. Several interesting prototypes and scenarios have been made by professionals and designers to give the World a glimpse of a fuzzy future.

Ergonomidesign have made it possible to actually experience the future of Health Care. Following their launch at the Medica/ Compamed trade fair (in Düsseldorf, Germany, Nov. 17-19), Ergonomidesign will present and demonstrate a future life science application that brings together 40 years of design experience for Ergonomidesign in the Life Science industry. This video is one of 2, that give an overview of the entire concept.

JHIM: Data mining is essential to healthcare

“Data mining applications can greatly benefit all parties involved in the healthcare industry,” according to an article published in the February issue of the Journal of Healthcare Information Management.

JHIM: Data mining is essential to healthcare

Smart Hospital Room equipped with RFID tagging

HITExchange cameras give hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide a look inside the RFID Health Consortium's Smart Room, showcasing some of the best RFID capability in healthcare technology