Orthopedic surgery is embracing more advanced technologies, like robotics. There is a growing demand to not only track instruments, but also use intelligent tools that can independently perform functions based on well-defined parameters and approved inputs during surgery. Until recently, products w…
The Philips Lumify is a portable ultrasound device with multiple transducers that enables users to simply download a mobile application onto a smart device, plug in the transducer, and go. This technology’s extreme mobility and ease of use provides healthcare professionals more ways to treat patien…
In a Richmond, Va., hospital’s ICU, tetraplegics unable to move by themselves are communicating and staying connected to the outside world by controlling an overhead laptop’s cursor using their eye instead of a mouse. Elsewhere, a new mother is opening up a web portal on a tablet to watch her newb…
Generally speaking, hospitalized patients can have difficulty using a tablet device because (a) they may be unable to a grip the device securely; (b) they can’t position it for comfortable viewing from a bed or chair; or © they may drop it on the floor, causing damage. Freestanding devices also…