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Cone Beam 3D CT Inside a Van
For clinical offices desiring access to 3D CT imaging, ImageWorks of Elmsford, NY is making available the NewTom VGi Flex mobile system. Inside a Mercedes Sprinter van is a standard VGi Flex Cone Beam CT scanner that can be used for a variety of medical and dental applications.
The Company indicated that the product, which uses the Mercedes Sprinter Van, is available in a number of different configurations, all utilizing the newest NewTom Flex Mark IV imaging technology with 7 variable FOV’s, patented Safe BeamTM technology, and currently the highest resolution images – down to .075mm voxel.
Medtronic’s Diagnostic Achieve Mapping Catheter Now Available in U.S.
Medtronic announced FDA approval and initial application in the U.S. of the Achieve Mapping Catheter for use with the Arctic Front Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter for treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It is used for assessment of pulmonary vein isolation during cryoablation, giving surgeons live status assessment of how the procedure is working.
More about the product from the announcement:
Neurology: Group Appointments for Chronic Disease Patients?
As the US (and the rest of the world) slowly continues it’s implementation of EMRs and online scheduling, studies like one recently published in Neurology will become a little easier. The study explored the feasibility of group patient visits vs one-on-one visits for follow-up appointments and patient education sessions.
From the abstract:
Reminder: Last Chance to Submit Your Ideas to The DiabetesMine Design Challenge
Those of you participating in The 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, it’s time to wrap things up because the deadline for submissions is midnight (Pacific) tonight. We’re excited to see what new ideas people have submitted for improving the lives of diabetics. There is a total of $25,000 at stake, in addition to other goodies, to be divided among the winners. So, don’t be late and submit your idea for a device, service, or any technological solution to improve life with diabetes.
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Radar Used for Detection of Concussions on Sidelines
Soldiers, athletes, and Russian cosmonauts coming in for a landing can experience impacts to the skull capable of causing serious damage, but also concussions that are not immediately apparent. Engineers at Georgia Tech are using radar to analyze people’s walking gaits in order to identify possible brain concussions outside of laboratory conditions, such as the sidelines. Though camera based gait analysis software already exists, the researchers believe using radar gives them more flexibility because the subject does not have to be tagged with visual markers to identify body parts.
From the press release:
Sperm Bullitt for Delivery of Precious Cargo
A Danish sperm bank that distributes its goods to fertility clinics around Copenhagen was concerned about its CO2 footprint. An obvious solution was to switch to using a custom bicycle with a built-in cryochamber and to design it so everyone on the street is aware of the critical payload.
Rock Health Wants To Give You $20,000, Office Space, and Mentors
A new startup seed-accelerator, Rock Health, wants to give you $20,000, no strings attached, along with mentorship and office space for five months, in order to turn your health-related startup or idea into a reality. Supported by some serious names (see below), Rock Health aims to catalyze software-based innovation in the health sector. They’re structured as a non-profit, and are opening doors to their first startup class this June.
Rock Health has been getting a lot of interest as of late, so we recently ran into founder Halle Tecco out in San Francisco. When congratulating her about the buzz for the incubator she said “we’re getting attention because this is long, long overdue in health care.” She and her team are looking for early stage, software-based startups that want to transform health care, but the incubator purposely don’t require any health related experience of their applicants.
