Medical Devices

Emteq Labs launches its emotion-sensing eyewear, Sense, which collects and records real-world data on a wearer’s facial expressions. Steen Strand, CEO, talks about the glasses' potential use cases for healthcare.    

Started amid the recent pandemic, smart hospitals are now being expanded nationwide.

Himaja Motheram, a security researcher, walks CISOs and other security leaders through the various weaknesses in healthcare and offers solutions to protect organizations and their data.

Also, Singapore's National Healthcare Group has set up an AI centre with Nanyang Technological University.

A potentially shortened battery life in the MiniMed 600 or 700 series insulin pumps may result in the pump stopping insulin delivery significantly sooner than expected.  

At the VA, automation is helping innovate troubleshooting, maintenance other med device management tasks, says Christopher Ahn, biomedical engineer supervisor at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Dayton, Ohio.

The pioneering operation is done over a distance of 5,700 miles.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health says new funding to advance capabilities that detect and auto-correct misalignments with training data could help users of medical devices integrated with artificial intelligence ensure peak performance.

The company's digital health tools – smart scales, blood pressure monitors and other wearables – allow patients to monitor their health at home, says Antoine Robiliard, VP at Withings.

Pillbot allows gastroenterologists to examine a patient's stomach virtually through a drone the patient swallows, says Torrey Smith, cofounder and CEO of Endiatx, which develops the technology.