Category Archives: Medical Devices

Medical Devices

Depth of Anesthesia Reality Check

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Bob

I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen MedGadget express such a strong opinion about a technology. Masimo Invests in Anesthesia Awareness Technology. Good Move? We Don’t Think So doesn’t pull any punches. What’s interesting to me is … Continue reading →

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Bob

About the only thing you can count on in this world, besides taxes and death, is change. When we moved from Madison to San Diego in 2005, that was a big change. Of course in Jan/Feb the 70 deg temperature … Continue reading →

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A Medical Device Gateway Data Standard?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Bob

The Wipro OEM medical device gateway press release makes it all seem so easy (my highlight): The device, consisting of interfaces that can feed-in data such as blood pressure, pulse rate, ECG reading and weight from the respective devices, is … Continue reading →

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Access to Medical Data: Are PC Standards and PHRs (You) the Answer?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Bob

Dana Blankenhorn’s article Give medicine access to PC standards makes some good points about the medical device industry but (IMHO) misses the mark when trying to use PC standards and PHRs as models for working towards a solution. I’ll get … Continue reading →

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Plug-and-Play Medicine

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Bob

The MIT Technology Review article Plug-and-Play Medicine claims that: … a Boston research group has come up with a software platform for sharing information among gadgets … Uh, what software platform? I discussed the MD PnP program a couple of … Continue reading →

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Medical Device Software on Shared Computers

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Bob

The issues raised in Tim’s post Running Medical Device Software on Shared Computers literally opens Pandora’s box. Installation of medical device software on general purpose computers is an intractable problem. It’s very similar to the complications associated with Networked Medical … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Medical Device Connectivity Conference and Exhibition

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Bob

Tim Gee has put together an impressive conference. It’s happening Sept. 10-11, 2009 in Boston. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. Hopefully Tim and others will be able to provide highlights from the many interesting topics. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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When Cell Phones Become Medical Devices

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Bob

Mobile devices are quickly becoming the conduit of choice for collecting and disseminating clinical data.  The FDA will soon be forced to step in and take regulatory control.  It’s going to happen eventually. Bradley Merrill Thompson does a good job … Continue reading →

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Networked Medical Devices

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Bob

If you work with networked medical devices, Tim’s post Medical Device Networks Trouble Industry is a must-read. In order to better illustrate the bigger picture I thought this diagram might help: This summarizes the relationship between the major players involved … Continue reading →

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Keeping Your Own Health Chart, Online

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Bob

The New York Times has a piece today that features the Zuri, Healthvault, and Google Health: Keeping Your Own Health Chart, Online The article discusses a number of uses for this kind of combined (medical device plus PHR) functionality.  Besides … Continue reading →

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