Smart pills are being developed to help doctors explore and diagnose different areas within the human body without invasive surgery. Many of these will measure internal body temperature or take pictures internally and transmit images outside to collection devices.
STMicroelectronics and Veredus Laboratories announced that they are developing a fast, point-of-need diagnostic capability that will enable health practitioners to quickly detect strains of Avian...
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DNA chips for detecting genetic variations abound. Typically, a processed biological sample is placed on a chip, which then must be loaded into a separate, expensive device for reading. Now,...
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In 2004, the joint development of the biochip technology "lab on a chip"? by Siemens, the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology and Infineon Technologies received the German Future Prize....
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STMicroelectronics, has announced that it has designed a complete prototype device able to collect and manipulate specific biological molecules. Combined with ST's proven laboratory-on-chip...
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The SmartPill Corporation, developer of the SmartPill Capsule, an ingestible medical device that captures biomedical data from within a patient's GI tract, announced that clinical trials of its...
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Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced the first high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)- chip/mass spectrometry (MS) system for protein identification. This breakthrough microfluidics-based...
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STMicroelectronics and Mobidiag introduced a new lab-on-chip application for DNA-based detection of sepsis-causing bacteria, using a diagnostic panel from Mobidiag that runs on ST's In-Check...
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By Paul Errico, Analog Devices, Inc. Semiconductor research and development in the late 20th century was driven by the computing and communications applications such as, PCs, handsets and consumer applications, such as video games and high-definition televisions.Now, in the 21st century, it is increasingly influenced by the demand for integrated circuits (ICs) that make possible the next...
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Smart pills help doctors explore and diagnose problems in different areas within the human body without invasive surgery. Many of these will measure internal body temperature or take pictures...
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The Next Generation Capsule Endoscope Sayaka. It creates a map of inner body, while rotating through the digestive channel. It rotates and records the 6 to 8 meters of digestive tract in extremely...
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A biosensor system based on the capture and detection of micron-sized, paramagnetic beads on a chip containing an array of giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensors.
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Medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics and drug delivery systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated, yet there is also growing pressure to control healthcare expenditures. For product...
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By Paul Errico, Analog Devices, Inc. Semiconductor research and development in the late 20th century was driven by the computing and communications applications such as, PCs, handsets and consumer applications, such as video games and high-definition televisions.Now, in the 21st century, it is increasingly influenced by the demand for integrated circuits (ICs) that make possible the next...