medtech

prostheticknowledge: OpenSurgeryRobotic design project by Frank Kolkman explores the idea of open source medical technology and whether an approach would be d...

crossconnectmag: Keeping Hearts and Lungs Alive for TransplantHeart and Lung transplants use to require transporting the donor organs on ice in coolers to the...

emergentfutures:This Microchip Will Deliver Drugs in Your Body by Remote ControlBiomedical engineer Robert Langer has pioneered controlled release drug deliver...

emergentfutures: Temporary tattoo measures blood glucose levels Future diabetes patients won’t have to stick themselves with a needle; they’ll just need t...

emergentfutures: 10 Diseases That Might Afflict Us In The Future Today, humans suffer from a wide range of diseases and disorders that didn’t exist in the p...

txchnologist: A Failing Heart Gets A Hand This image was made using a specialized computed tomography (CT) scan of a patient’s thorax in 2013. It shows an am...

emergentfutures: New ultrasound chip could be a leap forward in cheap medical imaging Rothberg won’t say exactly how Butterfly’s device will work, or what it...