Published Date : Jan 2017

Elderly and disabled population are dependent, to a great extent, on other people or devices that support them in their day-to-day activities such as locomotion, proper vision and hearing, and more importantly safety while performing these activities. Assistive devices provide greater independence t...

Published Date : Jan 2017

Breast pump devices enable women to express breast milk and store it for later use. These are especially useful for working mothers nursing a newborn. Breast pumps gaining eligibility for reimbursement under the Affordable Care Act is a key trend promoting its adoption in the U.S. Working mothers us...

Published Date : Jan 2017

3D printing is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by providing improved therapy outcomes and affordable medical devices. This technology is enabling manufacturers to produce small and delicate parts of an organ or medical device with a high accuracy, which is a very cumbersome task using curren...

Published Date : Mar 2017

Eating habits of type 1 diabetes patients is highly curtailed, complemented by regular administration of insulin. Type 1 diabetes patients require multiple doses of insulin in a day and all-round the year. Advancements in research and technology has led to commercialization of easy-to-us insulin del...

Published Date : Dec 2016

Use of conventional handheld ultrasound systems (HHUS) is time consuming and requires technical skills in analyzing the images. The advent of automated breast ultrasound systems (ABUS) has helped alleviate this issue. In 2015, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved ABUS for supplemen...

Published Date : Mar 2017

Tooth regeneration market has been abuzz for a while with various new developments reported, commercialization of which is expected to transform whole dental industry. Though the development in tooth regeneration has been on upward growth trajectory since 1980s, it gained momentum post-2013. Many re...

Published Date : Feb 2018

Heart valves play an important role in controlling the blood flow to and from the heart. The heart consists of four main types of valves that are tricuspid, pulmonary, mitral, and aortic valves. Prosthetic heart valves are commonly known as artificial valves that implanted in the heart of the patien...

Published Date : Apr 2018

Emerging economies such as Africa (West Africa), India, Brazil, and China have limited centralized laboratory facilities. In emerging economies point of care diagnostic is needed due to unavailability of labs, infrastructure, associated costs, and trained personnel. Most of the point-of-care diagnos...

Published Date : Dec 2016

Laboratory information management system (LIMS) is also known as Laboratory information systems (LIS) or laboratory management system (LMS). It is a software that enables clinical laboratories and hospitals to record, store and manage data related to medical processes and tests. LIMS streamlines the...

Published Date : Dec 2017

Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems are the latest advancement in diabetes management. As opposed to conventional systems that allow for one time check of glucose levels, a CGM device notifies the user if the glucose level nears present levels. The device measures glucose from the tissues as...

Published Date : Dec 2016

Neurovascular conditions such as stroke and aneurysms are generally treated with tissue plasminogen activators (tPAs). However, use of neurointerventional devices along with the medication therapy is more effective in removing clots and reducing the risk of early recurrence of the condition. Interve...

Published Date : Feb 2018

According to the U.S., marijuana was the most widely used drug globally in 2014 with around 183 million users. Such a large user base makes it highly lucrative taxable opportunity, which is influencing various governments worldwide to initiate studies regarding legalization of the drug for medicinal...

Published Date : Apr 2017

Malaria is a severe and widespread disease caused by a parasitic infection by protozoan Plasmodium when transmitted by various species of anopheles mosquitoes. In 2009, according to WHO, 214 Mn to 397 Mn clinical malaria cases were reported worldwide. However, high estimates of around 515 Mn clinica...

Published Date : Apr 2018

Gel permeation chromatography is a size exclusion based chromatography technique. It is most commonly used to determine the molecular weight distribution of the polymer which confirms its purity. It is also used to separate various component of the analyte, based on their retention with stationary p...

Published Date : Dec 2016

Life science business process outsourcing (BPO) is one of the most lucrative industries in the healthcare sector. Constantly rising pricing pressure and increasing competition is compelling pharmaceutical and medical device companies to strategically reduce their operational costs and in turn benefi...

Published Date : May 2018

Cardiovascular information system is a web-based solution that provides an end-to-end management platform and allows cardiologists and clinical staff to efficiently access post-procedural phases of patient care, including imaging, reporting, hemodynamics, analytics, and others. McKesson Cardiology s...

Published Date : Apr 2018

Biopharmaceuticals has emerged as one of the key segments with immense growth potential in the healthcare sector. Rising demand for effective treatment and rise in per capita healthcare expenditure has led to double digit revenue growth for industry players in the recent past. The industry offers lu...

Published Date : Mar 2017

Suicidal thoughts can be aroused due to various underlying factors such as financial burden, social issues or drug side effects. Treatment for suicidal thoughts includes psychotherapy, medications, addiction treatment, and family support. Anti-depressants and anti-psychotics are the most widely used...