In what represents its first patenting, Copenhagen, Denmark-based HEI Therapeutics ApS reported seeking patent protection for a point-of-care or home monitoring solution, which enables personalized treatment for hypothyroidism.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota are seeking patent protection and possible collaborators for their development of three-dimensional (3D) printed skin-wearable photodetector devices.
In the latest salvo of the ongoing battle between Apple Inc. and Masimo Corp. over the use of a blood oxygen technology, a U.S. federal appeals court paused an International Trade Commission (ITC) ban on Apple’s watches. Apple reported on Dec. 19 that it would pull the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Series 9 from its website on Dec. 21 and from its retail locations after Dec. 24, in response to an exclusion order issued by the ITC in October.
Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd. is seeking patent protection for a method for predicting the occurrence of a heart condition by receiving a multiple measurements of blood pressure acquired in a patient’s heart.
Dexcom Inc. achieved the first integrations of an automated insulin delivery system (AID) approved for use in the U.S. with its G7 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) integrating with Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.’s T2:slim X2, announced on Dec. 6, and integration with the Ilet Bionic Pancreas made by Beta Bionics Inc. revealed on Dec. 7.
Wubin Bai, assistant professor of applied physical sciences, and members of his lab at UNC-Chapel Hill have developed a wearable, wireless sensing patch for deep tissue monitoring of multiple biometric indicators, including tissue oximetry, pulse oximetry, photoplethysmography, heart pulsation, and respiration.
Glucometrics Co. Ltd. is rolling out its self-developed application programming interface (API) for diabetes care in steps, and the latest partnership with G2E Co. Ltd. is underway to develop a smart insulin pen loaded with the interface.
Zense-Life Inc. reported seeking patent protection for systems and processes for manufacturing working wires for a continuous biological sensor, that reduce cost and improve accuracy and efficiency compared to current technique.
The largest strike by U.S. health care workers, in early Oct. 2022, brought increased attention to the seriousness of the staff shortage in hospitals and the urgent need to address it. Multiple reports over the last 10 years have documented the impact of alarm fatigue on nurses, in particular, and its contribution to professional burnout and ongoing staffing issues. A bit counterintuitively, more integrated, continuous monitoring of vital signs reduces alarm fatigue for medical staff attending to post-surgical patients, a study by GE Healthcare Technologies Inc. and Cleveland Clinic found.
Canary Medical Inc. is seeking patent protection for devices, systems, and methods for in vivo monitoring of the flow of a biological fluid in an anatomic structure.
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