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Every week brings new innovations in medical technology that could save lives and improve patient care.
The latest are a table-top device that acts like a human spleen, filtering bacteria and viruses out of the blood, and two health tracking smartphone apps for people with type 1 diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
Take That, Sepsis: Meet the New 'Biospleen'
In a paper published September 14 in Nature Medicine, scientists from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering discuss their newest medical device: an artificial spleen, or “biospleen,” that filters bacteria and other pathogens from the bloodstream.
The device could be particularly useful for patients with sepsis, which occurs when an infection spreads in the bloodstream and triggers a powerful immune system response. More than 18 million people a year experience sepsis, and even in state-of-the-art medical facilities, 30 to 50 percent of them die, 6 million of them children in the developing world, the researchers said.
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/gadget-report-biospleen-and-apps-092014#1
The latest are a table-top device that acts like a human spleen, filtering bacteria and viruses out of the blood, and two health tracking smartphone apps for people with type 1 diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
Take That, Sepsis: Meet the New 'Biospleen'
In a paper published September 14 in Nature Medicine, scientists from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering discuss their newest medical device: an artificial spleen, or “biospleen,” that filters bacteria and other pathogens from the bloodstream.
The device could be particularly useful for patients with sepsis, which occurs when an infection spreads in the bloodstream and triggers a powerful immune system response. More than 18 million people a year experience sepsis, and even in state-of-the-art medical facilities, 30 to 50 percent of them die, 6 million of them children in the developing world, the researchers said.
http://www.healthline.com/health-news/gadget-report-biospleen-and-apps-092014#1