Critical Care

New Biodegradable Health Sensors Could Revolutionize Health Monitoring Technology
Scientists have developed new health sensors that can monitor heart rate and temperature by using natural elements like rock salt, water, seaweed, and graphene. The new biodegradable health sensors have the potential to revolutionize the way we experience personal healthcare and fitness monitoring technology. More...06 Mar 2023

New Cell Therapy Offers Potential Treatment Option for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
The largest cell therapy trial to date in patients with chronic heart failure owing to low ejection fraction has shown that the therapy benefited patients by improving the heart’s pumping ability, as measured by ejection fraction, and reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke, especially in patients with high levels of inflammation. More...01 Mar 2023

Enterprise-Grade Digital Stethoscope Platform Brings Non-Invasive Heart Disease Detection to Primary Care
A cardiovascular disease detection platform combines the latest advancements in applied machine learning with one of the most ubiquitous medical devices in the world: the stethoscope to objectively identify structural murmurs, a sign of valvular heart disease. More...28 Feb 2023

Wireless, Battery-Free Bandage Delivers Electrical Signals to Speed Wound Healing by 30%
Researchers who were curious to see if electrical stimulation therapy could help close stubborn wounds have developed a first-of-its-kind small, flexible, stretchable bandage that accelerates healing by delivering electrotherapy directly to the wound site. More...27 Feb 2023

Next-Generation Sweat Sensor Could Detect Health-Relevant Biomarkers
Researchers have developed a prototype of a superhydrophobic sweat sensor that can measure vapor from insensible perspiration, paving the way for the development of a low-cost device platform to detect health-relevant biomarkers in the sweat vapor. More...27 Feb 2023

Self-Propelling Micro/Nanorobots Provide Precision Treatment of Gastrointestinal Inflammation
Researchers have developed a twin-bioengine yeast micro/nanorobot (TBY-robot) with self-propelling and self-adaptive capabilities that can autonomously navigate to inflamed sites for providing gastrointestinal inflammation therapy through enzyme-macrophage switching (EMS). More...24 Feb 2023

Wearable Sensing Patch Enables Rapid Quantitative Analysis of Urea in Body Fluids
There has been growing focus on wearable fluorescence-based sensors, although traditional fluorescent hydrogels are excited by short wavelengths, hampering the detection of biological samples. Now, researchers have developed a wearable sensing patch that enables the rapid quantitative analysis of urea. More...24 Feb 2023
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Novel ECG Technology Utilizes AI for Early Detection of Heart Disease
Wirelessly Connected Microimplants Enable Patient-Doctor Communication
First-Of-Its-Kind Technology Enables Replacement of Diseased Heart Valve without Surgery
Groundbreaking Biomaterial Injected Intravenously Repairs Cells and Tissue Damaged by Heart Attack and TBI
First Fabric-Based Sensor Enables Real-Time Monitoring of Physiological Signals
First-of-Its-Kind Electronic Skin Patch Enables Advanced Health Care Monitoring
Hydrogel-Based Spray Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Wounds and Biomedical Implants
Advanced ICU Ventilator Offers Lung-Protective Therapeutic Tools to Treat Pediatric and Adult Patients
AI-Enabled ECG Analysis Predicts Heart Attack Risk Nearly as well as CT Scans
Stamp-Size Wearable Ultrasound Patch Provides Cardiac Imaging on the Go
Novel Microneedle Patch Immediately Stops Bleeding After Injury
New Tool Uses Ultrasound ‘Tornado’ to Break Down Blood Clots in the Brain
FDA Cleared Sepsis Test Becomes First in New Class of ED-Focused Diagnostic Tools
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