US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Trends in Point of Care Diagnostics and Continuous Monitoring

IDTechEx Reflects on Trends in 2022. For the past decade, the healthcare industry has looked towards decentralization as a means of relieving the pressure placed on healthcare systems.

iRhythm

iRhythm are the leaders in skin patches for extended Holter monitoring and mobile cardiac telemetry.

The Surgical Company

The Surgical Company makes Sensium, a wireless patient monitoring system with electronic skin patches.

The Attempt to Achieve Standardization within the Graphene Industry

The true description of graphene is that of a single atomic layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal array. However, the nanocarbon material landscape is much more complicated than this simple statement, with single-layer, few-layer, multi-layer, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and both graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) all to be considered as types of graphene.

Antibiotic Cement to Treat Bone Infections

Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments — a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as commercial incentives for developing new antibiotics have fallen.

AI Model Can Accurately Predict Human Response to Novel Drug Compounds

The journey between identifying a potential therapeutic compound and Food and Drug Administration approval of a new drug can take well over a decade and cost upwards of a billion dollars. A research team has created an artificial intelligence model that could significantly improve the accuracy and reduce the time and cost of the drug development process.

Polymer 3D Printing Market Moves Beyond Prototyping to Hit US$21.1B

IDTechEx finds that demand for polymer materials by mass far exceeds that of metal materials for 3D printing. IDTechEx finds that polymer 3D printing is moving beyond prototyping to high-value adoption by end-users, which will propel its growth to US$21.1 billion in 2033.

Medtronic (Diabetes Division)

Founded in 1949 as a medical device repair shop, Medtronic are now one of the world's largest medical device companies.

High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Helps Reduce Inflammation

A bump, bruise or broken bone is painful. And while pain is an important defense mechanism to protect the body and promote healing, chronic pain can be debilitating.New research sheds light on the molecular mechanisms that occur when high-frequency electrical stimulation is applied transcutaneously (over the skin), which reduces inflammation and pain.

Benefits of Electronic Skin Patches as a Form Factor

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Electronic Skin Patches 2023-2033'.

AgaMatrix

AgaMatrix is a US-based medical device company, founded in 2001. The company provides a series of products in diabetes care including test strips and glucose monitors, along with the related firmware.

Dexcom

Dexcom is a US-based biotech company, founded in 1999 by Scott Glenn, John Burd, Lauren Otsuki, Ellen Preston, and Bret Megargel. The company is one of the market leaders in the continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) industry.

VitalConnect

VitalConnect produce VitalPatch, an electronic skin patch for patient monitoring.

Cardiomo

Cardiomo Care is a platform and skin patch for continuous ECG monitoring.

Vivalink

Vivalink develop continuous wearable vital sign monitor devices and a platform for remote patient monitoring.

Microrobotics in Endodontic Treatment, Diagnostics

With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity. As a result, biofilm not fully cleared from the nooks and crannies of the canals remains a leading cause of treatment failure and persistent endodontic infections, and there are limited means to diagnose or assess the efficacy of disinfection. One day, clinicians may have a new tool to overcome these challenges in the form of microrobots.