The medicines we use to cure our ills take decades to develop and release. In a complete turnaround to this rule, the technology being incorporated into medical devices reinvents itself by the day. Let’s take a peek at the spreading ripples of this technology revolution.
Mobile Medical Advances
A new generation of mobile technology is inserting tiny sensors into wearable devices. Smart watches are currently integrating heart rate monitors, galvanic response sensors, and respiratory straps, analyzing and transmitting the recorded data to the cloud via wireless connections.
Precision of Complex Medical Devices
Precision for complex medical device components is often done through micro-machining. Meticulous accuracy is everything in the medical field. New scanning technology offers greater resolution than ever before, capturing faithful renders of the operation of the brain and internal organs. A trend for products capable of exact drug delivery ensures the growth of medical devices for outpatient use.
3D Printing Applications
Prototype models of complex arteries and even primitive workable organs are being manufactured in labs with the express intent of creating replacement parts for the human body. These organs will function as well as organic tissue. The same technology is replicating bones for patients suffering from skeletal trauma.
Drug-Free Headache Solutions
A new technology uses a small implant in the skull to pulse tiny amounts of current to nerve clusters that are thought to be the culprit behind headaches.
Needle-Free Treatment
We must all endure the pinch of the hypodermic needle, but what of those with a daily need for life-saving medicine? Insulin shots are finding more efficient and pain-free application with technology systems that release insulin at set intervals, eliminating the risk of forgotten injections. A hybrid transdermal patch and biosensor act as the delivery mechanism.
Robotics for Surgery
Complex surgical procedures carried out by robotic arms that never tire is the dream of many a medical practitioner. Current technology already possesses at least one multi-armed robot, the Da Vinci system, able to carry out delicate surgical procedures.
Exoskeleton Developments
Sounding a little like something out of a science-fiction movie, powered exoskeletons are concrete products. Worn on the body, used to support the spine and limbs, these suits enable paraplegics to walk.
There’s a convergence happening between medical science and technology, one that gifts the ailing with a new lease on life. Wireless tech and miniature components combine with the latest medical findings to bring new hope to the human condition.