Author Archives: Bob

Binary Waveform Data in SQL Server 2008

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Bob

As Shahid points out in Consider MySQL ‘Archive’ storage engine to store large amounts of med device structured or waveform data, saving physiologic waveform data from a medical device in a MySQL database for archive purposes is a reasonable alternative … Continue reading →

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Writers Writing about Writing

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Bob

Jeff Atwood is a great writer. All of his blog posts are informative and interesting. How to Write Without Writing is a case in point.  It starts off with a clever hook (“trick my fellow programmers”), expounds the benefits of … Continue reading →

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Personal Healthcare Products: This is what the future looks like.

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Bob

I’m jealous of companies that get to produce diagnostic medical devices without having to go through the FDA 510(k) process. For example, the iHealth BP3 blood pressure monitor is a high-tech looking device with a  free Apple application: Hopefully they’re using … Continue reading →

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Medical Devices and the Cloud

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Bob

The article Is Cloud the tomorrow of Medical Devices Industry? includes some of the challenges — regulatory, privacy, security etc. — faced by manufacturers trying to manage medical device data in the cloud. You can’t disagree with this statement: The success of … Continue reading →

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The Cardiocam: Physiological Monitoring via Webcam

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Bob

Today’s New York Times Magazine The Year in Ideas: 10th Anniversary Special features the MIT Cardiocam: Cardiocam is a low-cost, non-contact technology for measurement of physiological signals using a basic digital imaging device such as a Webcam. The ability to perform … Continue reading →

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Hacking Your Own Health Data

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Bob

The MassDevice article Doctors to patients: Track your own health data has an interesting take on the  personally controlled healthcare record (PCHR). Keely Wray advocates that PCHR data should be “Hackable” (my highlight): I mean “hackable” in the sense of … Continue reading →

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Your Brain on Ads

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Bob

Today’s New York Times article Making Ads That Whisper to the Brain gives a pretty balanced view of using EEG monitoring for doing market research — “Neuromarketing.” This is not a mind reader,… We can only measure whether you are … Continue reading →

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Agile Software Development in Regulated Environments

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Bob

As part of a series on High Assurance Agile Development in Regulated Environments is the article Agile Software Development in Regulated Environments Example: Medical Devices. The purpose of this article and future posts is to introduce the FDA regulatory landscape and … Continue reading →

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Brain Monitoring News

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Bob

There have been some interesting EEG related stories lately: Neuroprosthetics: the mind is the pilot Scientists Closer to Reading Words From Your Brain Researchers Working on Continuous Remote Monitoring of Epileptic Patients I’ve followed BCI: Brain Computer Interface and EEG … Continue reading →

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Second Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Bob

This year’s Medical Device Connectivity Conference is being held Sept. 28-29, 2010 in San Diego. From the press release Tim Gee says: The only conference devoted to the topic of medical device connectivity, the program will offer a unique opportunity … Continue reading →

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