Current clinical trials – what’s up

There are several methods to detect analytes in the microscale. These vary from characterizing some specific property of the analyte being measured. One interesting method that has been used by Dr Richard Wilson of University of Houston is to create retroreflectors that are bound to specific antibodies or ligands. Retroreflectors normally reflect all the light…

  What is the value of simplicity? Take the Apple store as an example. Not too many places to sit and browse but just simple table in the center and then devices off to the side. Of course there is the glass front which enables everything to be seen. But imagine creating a medical device…

Usin’Life presented a concept of Pervasive computing and intelligent healthcare monitoring devices at the Maker Faire from  Sept 23rd to Sept 24th  in New York, NY and was awarded the BEST IN CLASS 2017. The Wikipedia defines Pervasive Computing as “Embedding computational capability into everyday objects to make them effectively communicate and perform useful tasks”….

The quantified self movement tries to quantify the self through measurement of every bodily function. This has lead to development of a lot of devices. The one device that is made by a company called Asthamapolis.  This company has put a GPS on an inhaler to figure out where people have the most asthma. Quantified…

A very concise description of automated blood pressure measurement. When new medical doctors are taught to take blood pressure, they are taught to listen to the sounds through their stethoscope while inflating and then slowly deflating the arm cuff. This instrument is called the sphygmomanometer. There are distinct sounds that one hears as the artery…