Medical Technology
What's new in medical technology related to living forever? Although it will be the underlying biotechnology that cures ageing, we'll need plenty of new technology along the way to apply new treatments and to keep us healthy.
Click the links below for news and information on specific subjects as as big data (using AI to diagnose disease), nanobots (precision guided drug delivery) and robotic surgery (not as exciting as it sounds... yet).Read more about: 3D Printing, Big Data, Digital Health, Digital Modeling, Laboratory Automation, Nanobots, Personalised Medicine, Precision Medicine, Robotic Surgery, Synthetic Biology.
Resources
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Developer of cloud-based practice management, point-of-care mobile applications and electronic health record (EHR) systems
Company designing and developing SPORT single-port robotic surgical system for minimally invasive surgery (MIS)
Patient-specific heart simulation for optimal therapy and In silico evaluation of cardiotoxicity and drug discovery company
Company focused on developing an advanced, miniaturized robot for general surgery abdominal procedures, such as colon resections
Non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development
Medical Technology Blog Posts
Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
04-Feb-2021 Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test
Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
25-Jan-2021 Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?
Review of longevity technology in Passengers (movie)
03-Jan-2017
Warts precision medicine got to do with it?
04-Aug-2015
Virtual Bodies are Accelerating Research and Diagnostics
21-Jul-2015
Recent News
Patient in the UK receives world's first 3D-printed prosthetic eye
Interesting Engineering - 25-Nov-2021
Fits perfectly in the eye socket and looks realistic than alternatives
Read more...A powerful platform to facilitate rehabilitation and musculoskeletal diseases
Medgadget - 24-Nov-2021
Thin, wireless, battery-free and multimodal musculoskeletal biointerfaces
Read more...OptiMind app designed for early diagnosis of dementia with simple tapping
Wired - 11-Nov-2021
A 5-minute test can assess the early risk of getting dementia
Read more...The worlds first robotic needle free dosage delivery in humans
Interesting Engineering - 08-Nov-2021
Novel needle free technology releases vaccine content with high-pressure
Read more...Robotic surgery system recalled due to software bug affecting instrument positioning
FierceBiotech - 01-Nov-2021
Only 3 reported incidents but risk of serious injury is high with platform designed for neurosurgery
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