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Artificial intelligence ranks as the Thematic leader in patent applications in 2020
GlobalData’s Patents Analytics database has found that artificial intelligence (AI) was the top-ranking theme in...
How will Europe’s new device regulations affect medical software?
What are the implications for medical device software following the rollout of the EU’s new...
Audism and the ethics of childhood cochlear implantation
Cochlear implants are an oft-misunderstood piece of technology, which some parents of deaf children are...
“Google Maps for the human body” – AI’s rise in surgical tech
Humans will be performing surgery for quite some time – but as Giacomo Lee discovers,...
The next phase for medical wearables
Over the last ten years or so, the consumer wearables market has grown in scope and scale. Ranging from GPS watches for amateur athletes, to wristbands that track your sleep,…
Face recognition is just the tip of the AI Computer Vision iceberg
When artificial intelligence (AI) hits the headlines, it’s usually bad news pertaining to the perils of face recognition. It was only recently that Twitter had to remove an AI-based cropping…
Smart devices are helping tackle female incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a common problem that affects millions of women and people with vaginas. While it can occur at any age, it is more common in older people and…
Virtual therapy: Health tech at-a-distance will outlast the Covid status quo
Virtual therapy is virtually everywhere these days. Smart watches can vibrate to hinder PTSD-related episodes during sleep. Companies offer their employees online counselling via Zoom. Meditation apps such as Headspace…
Anaesthetic gas recycling: tackling climate change in the operating theatre
The NHS contributes 5.4% of the UK’s national greenhouse gas emissions, and the amount of anaesthetic gas used annually in a mid-size UK hospital has the same environmental impact as…
The ethics of vaccine passports
Chloe Kent: Vaccine passports for international travel make sense, but a domestic rollout would be unethical Those who have had both Covid-19 vaccine doses are far less likely to contract…
