Medical

North Estonia Medical Centre’s engineers have begun a major refurbishment programme for its C-Block, for which the electrical distribution system was required to provide uncompromised reliability. Safety, protection, economy and ease of maintenance were also critical considerations.

A series of 25W wall mount power adapters has been introduced by TRUMPower. The TXM25 series meets 2 MOPP, is approved to Class II medical standards and also complies with IEC 60601-1-11:2015 for home healthcare environment use. The series accepts a 80-275VAC full range AC input and features short circuit and overload protections. 

For all of its benefit to society, the technology we use for medical imaging is nevertheless flawed. Relevant little details go undetected due to limitations in resolution. But a recent investment in research at KTH aims to improve the picture – by at least 10 times. There are today several ways to explore how our bodies look inside. Computerised tomography (CT) and X-ray are two of the most widely-known techniques.

Understanding how cells within tumours respond to drugs is a critical issue in anticancer drug development. In an article published in Cell Chemical Biology researchers from Uppsala University report a new approach to study cancer cells’ reactions to treatments and present how it can be used to find new promising drug combinations. Much of what we currently know about cancer, both in terms of treatment and underlying molecula...

A pan-European team of researchers involving the University of Oxford has developed a new technique to provide cellular 'blueprints' that could help scientists interpret the results of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) mapping. XRF imaging is used for a wide range of elemental analyses and has a number of medicine-based potential applications, including tracking and understanding diseases such as Alzheimer's, and the evaluation of heavy metal poisoni...

The release of the BM90 series of thin profile BladeAdapter for powering medical devices has been announced by Enargy Power. Measuring 127x65x22mm (5.0x2.56x0.87"), the enclosure is 40% thinner and has 54% less volume than typical 90W medical adapters available in the market today.

For scientists listening in on the faint whispers of brain neurons, a first-ever robotic technique for cleaning the tiny devices that record the signals could facilitate a new level of automation in neuroscience research. That could accelerate the gathering of information used to map the functions of brain cells and ultimately provide a better understanding what’s going on between our ears.

  Brain functions are controlled by millions of brain cells. However, in order to understand how the brain controls functions, such as simple reflexes or learning and memory, we must be able to record the activity of large networks and groups of neurons.

Epilog, a spin-off from imec and Ghent University, is launching a platform that improves epilepsy diagnosis through an automated service that accurately and efficiently analyses large amounts of EEG-data. The new platform enables doctors to make well-informed patient treatment decisions. Proven in clinical trials and welcomed by the physician community, interest in Epilog has grown internationally, and to-date, the solution is being tested in sev...

Significantly reducing the weight of its life-saving ventilators, EOVE has revolutionised the market and ASCO has contributed to this improvement. EOVE designs, manufactures, and markets medical and surgical devices used during home care. Launched in 2015, the EO-150 weighs just 1.8kg, and is one of the lightest ventilators on the market and allows patients greater mobility.