This section brings to you the latest innovations, inventions and breakthrough technologies that are transforming the healthcare scenario.

USC Scientists Identify New Way to Identify Molecular Markers of Breast Cancer Tumors

A research team led by USC scientists has developed a new way to identify molecular markers of breast cancer tumors The identification of these molecular markers is a potentially lifesaving breakthrough that could lead to better treatment for millions of women With the assistance of machine le..

CAIRE Unveils First-of-its-kind Wearable FreeStyle® Comfort® Portable Oxygen Concentrator

CAIRE unveiled the wearable FreeStyle Comfort portable oxygen concentrator with wireless connectivity to CAIREview telehealth solution This firstofitskind 5pulsesetting prescription device features an innovative comfort curve and weighs only 5 lbs It is well suited for the approximately 12 millio..

TUFTS University Researchers Develop Smart Bandages to Monitor and Treat Chronic Wounds

Researchers from TUFTS University have developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds and deliver appropriate drug treatments to improve the chances of healing The research is aimed to transform bandaging from a traditionally passive treatment into a mo..

Medical Guardian Launches New Medical Alert Smartwatch

Medical Guardian announced a new medical alert Smartwatch Freedom Guardian which is designed to serve as a safety device for older adults The Smartwatch serves as a discrete and easytouse medical alert system that supports older adults to continue to lead healthy lifestyle with emergencySOS as it..

NYSCF Researchers Develop Novel Bioengineering Technique for Personalised Bone Grafts

New York Stem Cell Foundation NYSCF scientists have developed a bone engineering technique Segmental Additive Tissue Engineering SATE This technique allows researchers to create large scale personalized grafts combining segments of bone engineered from stem cells It will also enhance treatment..

HKBU Research Team Invents Medical Device for Safe Growth of Neural Stem Cells

The research team of Hong Kong Baptist University HKBU invented a medical device with a specific nanotechnology layer for the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells NSCs in vitro It will reduce the risk of carcinogenesis or inflammation in stem cell therapy a treatment that offers..

Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Developed to Treat Severe Emphysema Patients

Pulmonx Corp announced that Zephyr Endobronchial Valve treats severe emphysema patients This breakthrough technology offers bronchoscopic lung volume reduction without surgery and its associated risks The Zephyr Valve is the first minimallyinvasive device which is useful for treating patients wit..

Micropacemaker System Opens New Cardiac Pacing Options for Children & Adults

Children39s Hospital Los Angeles CHLA and the University of Southern California USC researchers have designed and implanted a minimallyinvasive device in the area around the heart The study has found the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker system in the pericardial sac surrounding the hear..

Breakthrough Device Immunopheresis™ Therapy Designed to Address Critical Unmet Cancer Patient Needs

The US Food and Drug Administration FDA grants Breakthrough Device designation for Immunicoms Immunopheresis therapy for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease patients The breakthrough therapy depends on a proprietary technology that specifically removes immune inhibitors from a patients..

Hong Kong University and Imperial College London Develops Novel Techniques for Visualisation of Human Brain Tissue

A group of Scientists from Hong Kong University and Imperial College London in a joint research has discovered new techniques for threedimensional visualisation of microscopic structures present in human brain The scientists developed a new tissue clearing technique called as OPTIClear which typi..