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Wheelchair prototype navigates passengers through airports to aircraft seats
FAA award-winning, patent-pending design travels omnidirectionally and has an adjustable base.
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University Hospitals Ventures expands collaboration with Lazurite
When approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the ArthroFree system is expected to be the first wireless surgical camera system for the minimally invasive operating room.
An all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment
MIT engineers are working on a new device to streamline the process of blood glucose measurement and insulin injection.
Needleless glucose monitoring
Penn State researchers develop first-of-its-kind wearable, noninvasive glucose monitoring medical device prototype.
MedTech Innovator finalists vie for $500K in 9th annual competition
During the annual competition finals, each of the five companies will have seven minutes to pitch their technology and answer questions from a panel of three judges.
Diagnosing Covid-19 from saliva samples
In experiments, it distinguishes between three different variants of SARS-CoV-2, and can be reconfigured to detect additional variants such as Delta.
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Five finalists in Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids competition
Electrophysiology device innovators gain access to pediatric accelerator and will compete in September 2021 final showcase.
Ankle exoskeleton enables faster walking
The exoskeleton is externally powered by motors and controlled by an algorithm, and when optimized for speed, participants walked, on average, 42% faster.
Sweat sticker diagnoses cystic fibrosis in real time
New wearable device changes color to detect early disease marker in newborns' sweat.