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Category: Sensors

  • Stethoscope add-on improves patient assessment and diagnosis

    http://rijuven.com/cardiosleeve.html CardioSleeve, when attached to a stethoscope, records, displays and analyzes electrical and acoustical footprints of the heart in real time via any wirelessly connected portable device.    The data can be stored in the cloud or uploaded into an EHR.

  • Health monitoring car seats, steering wheels and seat belts

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2360694/Ford-car-monitor-HEALTH-drive–ill-fall-asleep.html Ford is testing health monitoring smart seats, steering wheels and seat belts in India. Technologies include steering wheel positioned infrared sensors that monitor a driver’s hands and face, and temperature monitors that can detect seizures.  Examples of use include a car that can drive itself if a driver becomes ill or falls asleep, and “car…

  • Smart diapers detect disease

    http://pixiescientific.com Crowdfunded digital diaper by Pixie Scientific detects urinary tract infections, kidney dysfunction, and dehydration, and analyzes health patterns after months of tracking.  It has an accompanying smartphone app that transmits the data to a central location that can be viewed by a doctor.

  • “Artificial skin” senses touch, temperature, humidity

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708124423.htm Professor Hossam Haick at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has created a flexible sensor that could be integrated into electronic skin, enabling those with prosthetic limbs to feel changes in their environments.  The Technion invention simultaneously senses touch, humidity, and temperature. According to Professor Haick, it is at least 10 times more sensitive to touch…

  • Software senses mood of smartphone users

    http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=194498 Microsoft’s MoodScope is a “sensor” that measures a smartphone user’s mental state.  It analyzes an enormous array of interactions including app usage, phone calls, emails, text messages, browsing history, and geographic location — thousands of data points each day. 32 study participants used the system for two months, and completed mood self-assessments to gauge the…

  • Non-invasive nanotube device detects disease with one drop of blood

    http://www.njit.edu/news/2013/2013-218.php Professors Reginald Farrow and Alokik Kanwal of the New Jersey Institute of Technology have created a carbon nanotube-based device to non-invasively and quickly detect mobile single cells with the potential to maintain a high degree of spatial resolution.  They are now overseeing the manufacture of a prototype lab-on-a-chip that would enable a physician to detect…

  • Sensor based fall detector for seniors

    http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/fall-sensor-for-elderly-receives-2m-to-improve-technology/1016542.article Vigi’Fall detects falls using multidimensional contextual analysis.  It is a miniature accelerometric box attached to the chest with an adhesive patch.  Motion sensors are placed in several rooms of the home and doubt-removal software is placed in a home box.  The system is linked to a remote call center which contacts rescue teams in the…

  • Sports sensors warn of head injury

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/business/a-wearable-alert-to-head-injuries-in-sports.html?_r=0 The New York Times reports on the growing trend of sensor based protection/early warning systems for athletes. The devices, packed with sensors and microprocessors, register a blow to a player’s skull and immediately signal the news by blinking brightly, or by sending a wireless alert.  Algorithms evaluate the impact and determine severity.  

  • Nanotube sensor detects Lyme disease

    http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-attach-lyme-disease-antibodies-nanotubes-paving-way-diagnostic-device A team led by Professor A. T. Charlie Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania has developed a biosensor from carbon-nanotube transistors that can rapidly detect the antigens of Lyme disease. The device can detect the biomarkers at concentrations as low as 1 ng/ml. The group’s work is a continuation of similar strategies to detect prostate cancer…

  • Sensor and smartphone based baby monitor

    http://medcitynews.com/2013/06/sensors-and-smartphones-bring-the-baby-monitor-into-2013/ Sensible Baby’s “Smart One”  is a small, round sensor worn inside a newborn’s onesie. It constantly measures a baby’s temperature, position and chest movement, and sends the data to a smartphone app once per second.  Parents can program their app to set off an alert when the baby isn’t moving, reaches a temperature above a…

  • Bio-integrated electronic tattoo measures vital signs and muscle movement

    http://www.utexas.edu/know/2013/06/07/high-tech-tattoos-health-care-solutions/ Professor Nanshu Lu at The University of Texas is developing the next-generation of flexible/stretchable electronics, photonics and therapeutics.  Pioneered by John Rogers at the University of Illionois, flexible skin “tattoos” measure vital signs and muscle movement, transmitting data wirelessly and harvesting solar energy. Future versions may play critical roles inside the body in watching for signs of…

  • Medical device data shared via ultrasound, real-time treatment enabled

    http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/0570.html Navy sonar technology is being miniaturized by University at Buffalo professor Tommaso Melodia to be applied inside the human body to treat diseases like diabetes and heart failure in real time. A network of wireless body sensors that use ultrasounds could be used to wirelessly share information between medical devices implanted in or worn by diabetic/heart failure patients. Previously, researchers focused…