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Thu, 2012-04-12 16:12 — mdmcdonald
The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about medical devices.

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Gates Foundation, other donors launch study of Ebola drugs, survivors' blood, in Africa

Wed, 2014-11-19 10:24 — mike kraft

ASSOCIATED PRESS                                                                                                  Nov. 18, 2014

A coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new victims of the disease in West Africa.

This Nov. 7, 2014, photo shows the inside a mobile donation unit at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Raleigh, N.C. The unit was headed to Africa for use in a study of blood plasma treatment for Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Trevor Jenkins) (The Associated Press)

Plasma from survivors contains antibodies, substances the immune system makes to fight the virus. Several Ebola patients have received survivor plasma and recovered, but doctors say there is no way to know whether it really helps without a study like the one they are about to start within a month.

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UT nasal spray vaccine for Ebola effective in monkeys

Thu, 2014-11-06 16:02 — mike kraft

By Todd Ackerman                                                                           Nov. 5, 2014

... researchers at the University of Texas-Austin have developed a nasal spray vaccine that has protected monkeys against the deadly Ebola virus even a year after immunization.

The vaccine, a genetically engineered cold virus containing a tiny portion of Ebola DNA, saved 100 percent of monkeys who got a single spray through the nose in a new UT study. Injecting the vaccine only saved the lives of about 50 percent.

 
 
 Maria Croyle, a professor of pharmaceutics and the study's principal investigator, said an inhaled Ebola vaccine is more attractive because it would be cheaper and safer than needle-delivered vaccines.

"The main advantage is the long-lasting protection after a single inhaled dose," Maria Croyle, a  professor of pharmaceutics and the study's principal investigator, said in a statement. "This is important since the longevity of other vaccines for Ebola (hasn't been) fully evaluated....

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Researchers Seek Crucial Tool: A Fast, Finger-Prick Ebola Test

Wed, 2014-11-05 07:42 — mike kraft

NEW YORK TIMES                                  Nov. 5, 2014
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Searching for a new way to attack Ebola, companies and academic researchers are now racing to develop faster and easier tests for determining whether someone has the disease.

A researcher checks an Ebola diagnostic test in Marcoule, France.  Credit Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters

Such tests might require only a few drops of blood rather than a test tube of it, and provide the answer on the spot, without having to send the sample to a laboratory.

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Treating Ebola: The Bluetooth Method

Tue, 2014-11-04 20:13 — mike kraft

Keeping hands-off without abandoning the patient.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC                               Nov. 3, 2014
By Melissa Pandika

Description of the way that the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which has successfully treated two Ebola patients, uses blue tooth technology and the " no-touch approach."

Members of the Department of Defense's Ebola Military Medical Support Team dress with protective gear during training at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio. Photograph by Eric Gay, AP

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141106-science-ebola-cure-medicine-health-africa-disease-technology/

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Hospital Records Are Adapting to Flag Ebola

Mon, 2014-11-03 11:52 — mike kraft

A New Application Matches Patient’s Travel and Family History With Medical Symptoms

WALL STREET JOURNAL                         Nov. 3, 2014
By Melina Beck

A month ago, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston had no way to flag in its electronic medical records if an incoming patient had been to West Africa and had symptoms suggesting Ebola.

Now it does. Five days after the first U.S. case was confirmed in Texas, the hospital deployed a new Ebola application made by QPID Health Inc. that automatically matches a patient’s travel and family history with medical symptoms. If Ebola is suspected, the application flashes a blinking “Q” to alert hospital personnel.

Dr. Garry Choy, who helped design Mass General’s QPID system. Dominick Reuter

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Exclusive: New test for diagnosing Ebola goes unused

Wed, 2014-10-29 12:08 — mike kraft

WABC NEWS                                          Oct. 28 2014
By Jim Hoffer

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Report says that when a 5-year-old boy who came back from Guinea was admitted to New York's Bellevue hospital  recently,  city officials stopped the use of a a one-hour testing device although it had received the FDA's emergency approval.

As a result, it took 10 hours from the time he spiked a fever till his parents, medical staff, and the public found out, he did NOT have Ebola.

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http://7online.com/health/new-test-for-diagnosing-ebola-goes-unused/369875/

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Improving Patient Care by Making Sure Devices Work Well Together

Thu, 2013-08-22 18:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

blogs.fda.gov - by Bakul Patel - August 6, 2013

Interoperability refers to the ability of medical devices to interact and for electronic health record systems to talk to each other using a common vocabulary. It is similar to the concept of “plug and play” computer attachments like a web cam or mouse, which are made so that products can operate with different brands and models of computers.

While it may seem abstract, successful interoperability among medical devices can improve patient care, reduce errors, and lower costs.

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Can Apps Help Reform the Healthcare System?

Fri, 2012-10-19 17:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Eric Myers

ctovision.com - by MollyJust - October 12, 2012

It is widely accepted that Internet-enabled health applications have the potential to provide better information to consumers but can they play a role in changing the health system at large? Recent reporting by the Health Care Blog and Health Data Management provide some insights here.

Many people believe in the power of apps to transform healthcare.

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FCC Plans Nationwide Spectrum Grant for Medical Monitoring Networks

Sat, 2012-05-19 23:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

nationaljournal.com - by Adam Mazmanian - May 17, 2012

Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski announced on Thursday that the agency will likely adopt a plan to dedicate a nationwide swath of spectrum to the operation of wireless medical monitoring devices.

Final approval is expected at the FCC’s next open meeting, scheduled for May 24. The spectrum allocation is part of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.

The move would make the “U.S. the first country in the world to dedicate spectrum for Medical Body Area Networks in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices,” Genachowski said.

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FPGAs Help Drive Innovation in Complex Medical Systems

Thu, 2012-04-12 16:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

by Kamran Khan, Xilinx - medicalelectronicdesign.com - April 3, 2012

More processing power and advanced configurability let designers run the algorithms needed for cutting edge platforms.

As baby boomers and Gen Xers reach the age where they more regularly encounter health issues, they’re seeking ways to effectively detect health issues early and treat those conditions with less invasive therapies and procedures that let them recover faster and live longer. To this end, medical equipment companies are turning to advanced electronics to create fantastically innovative and truly life-saving and enriching technologies, such as diagnostic imaging equipment and robotic-assisted surgical equipment.

At the heart of many of these medical technologies are advanced mathematical algorithms that companies traditionally implement in IC-based processors—specifically digital signal processors (DSPs). Now there’s a trend toward more flexible devices known as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to improve image-processing quality and performance and equipment responsiveness.

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