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This segment deals with the use of solutions in the field of mHealth / mobile IT, KI, VR, AR, Medical Apps, wireless technologies (wireless, Bluetooth, W-LAN), wearables, intelligent textiles (smart textiles), eHealth, telemedicine / telematics / telemetry, management information systems / management software, medical information systems / software, IT infrastructure / computer hardware and communication systems.

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Robotics in action

Image: the robot AV1 at school; Copyright: Estera Kluczenko

An avatar to end loneliness

How a robot can cure loneliness, you can find out in the interview with Hans Fredrik Vestneshagen

Ambient Assisted Living

Image: elderly woman with a tablet on her lap; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Lev Dolgachov

Safety for seniors thanks to sensors

Find out more about the technical assistance systems that enable patients to take greater control of themselves and relieve the strain on caregivers

Digital twin of the lungs

Testing consequences without consequences

How the technique of the digital twin could revolutionize medical treatment, you can find out in the interview with Dr. Kei Müller

News from the editors of MEDICA-tradefair.com

Image: Female physician shows a man an image of the prostate; Copyright: panthermedia.net/imagepointfr

Prostate cancer can now be diagnosed better using AI

Researchers at Radboud university medical center have developed a 'deep learning' system that is better than most pathologists at determining the aggressiveness of prostate cancer. The AI system, which uses tissue samples to arrive at its diagnosis, taught itself to identify prostate cancer based on data from over 1200 patients.

Image: A woman is holding an insulin pump in front of her belly; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Click and Photo

Closed-loop system promising against post-bariatric hypoglycemia

Gastric bypass vastly improves the health of the patients who elect to receive the surgery. Post-bariatric hypoglycemia, however, can be a severe complication experienced by 10 to 30 percent of patients.

Image: A smartphone is held above a petri dish with test strips; Copyright: University of Bath

Smartphone cameras can speed up urinary tract infection diagnosis

Biological Engineers at the University of Bath have developed a test that could help medics quickly diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs), using a normal smartphone camera.

Image: new 3D technology capturing structural and energetic features of the interface of a protein docking model; Copyright: Daisuke Kihara/Purdue University

Deep learning and 3D technology to create better drugs

Proteins are often called the working molecules of the human body. A typical body has more than 20,000 different types of proteins, each of which are involved in many functions essential to human life.

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Artificial Intelligence tracks down leukemia

Artificial intelligence can detect one of the most common forms of blood cancer – acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – with high reliability. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University of Bonn have now shown this in a proof-of-concept study. Their approach is based on the analysis of the gene activity of cells found in the blood.

Image: Robot points with his finger at CT images of the brain, in the background a CT device; Copyright: panthermedia.net/phonlamai

Smart algorithm finds possible treatment for childhood cancer

Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University have identified a promising new treatment for neuroblastoma. This form of cancer in children, which occurs in specialised nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system, may be life-threatening.

Image: illustration of the on-skin device's function; Copyright: University of Missouri

Wearable AC monitors vital data

One day, soldiers could cool down on the military battlefield – preventing heat stroke or exhaustion – by using "wearable air conditioning," an on-skin device designed by engineers at the University of Missouri. The device includes numerous human health care applications such as the ability to monitor blood pressure, electrical activity of the heart and the level of skin hydration.

Image: three lemons: Drug Protein Lemon System; Copyright: Purdue University/Gaurav Chopra

AI: this lemon could help create better drugs

One of the challenges in using machine learning for drug development is to create a process for the computer to extract needed information from a pool of data points. Drug scientists must pull biological data and train the software to understand how a typical human body will interact with the combinations that come together to form a medication.

AI identifies features associated with cancer recurrence

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) in Japan has successfully found features in pathology images from human cancer patients, without annotation, that could be understood by human doctors. Further, the AI identified features relevant to cancer prognosis that were not previously noted by pathologists.

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AI: combined with astrophysics as key to early dementia diagnosis

Crucial early diagnosis of dementia in general practice could improve thanks to a computer model designed in a collaboration between Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and astrophysicists at the University of Sussex.

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AI: neural network for elderly care could save millions

If healthcare providers could accurately predict how their services would be used, they could save large sums of money by not having to allocate funds unnecessarily. Deep learning artificial intelligence models can be good at predicting the future given previous behaviour, and researchers based in Finland have developed one that predicts when and why elderly people will use healthcare services.

Image: woman holds her hands on breast; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Andriy Popov

Diagnostic tool: AI for breast cancer

Scientists are developing a new way to identify the unique chemical 'fingerprints' for different types of breast cancers. These new chemical footprints will be used to train AI software - creating a new tool for rapid and accurate diagnosis of breast cancers.

Image: doctors in the operating room; Copyright: panthermedia.net/VitalikRadko

Platform: guidance through deep blood vessels during surgery

Researchers at the Polytechnique Montréal Nanorobotics Laboratory has developed a novel approach to tackling one of the biggest challenges of endovascular surgery: how to reach the most difficult-to-access physiological locations. Their solution is a robotic platform that uses the fringe field generated by the superconducting magnet of a clinical MRI scanner.

Image: laboratory technology; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Robert Przybysz

Analyser system: Epigenomic technology combats disease

Much remains unknown about diseases and the way our bodies respond to them, in part because the human genome is the complete DNA assembly that makes each person unique. A Virginia Tech professor and his team of researchers have created new technology to help in understanding how the human body battles diseases.

Image: illustration of the ConvPath software workflow; Copyright: UTSW

Software tool: AI helps doctors identify cancer cells

UT Southwestern researchers have developed a software tool that uses artificial intelligence to recognize cancer cells from digital pathology images - giving clinicians a powerful way of predicting patient outcomes.

Image: PR-OCT imaging; Copyright: Zhu Lab

Machine learning: imaging boosts colon cancer diagnosis

Colorectal cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide, with about 90% of cases occurring in people 50 or older. Arising from the inner surface, or muscosal layer, of the colon, cancerous cells can penetrate through the deeper layers of the colon and spread to other organs. Left untreated, the disease is fatal.

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eHealth: Records could improve pediatric sepsis surveillance

Sepsis is a major public health problem, contributing to substantial disability, death, and healthcare costs in the United States among both adults and children. Though sepsis is the focus of worldwide prevention and quality improvement efforts, tracking sepsis rates and outcomes is challenging because a definitive diagnostic test does not yet exist.

Image: A drawing block with a pen on it; Copyright: RMIT University

Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson's disease

Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in its earliest stages could be available within three years, following an agreement between RMIT University and start-up company Jesse Medical.

Image: A young man is lying on the floor, using his phone; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Nikoleta Vukovic

Machine learning predicts success of digital health interventions

Health apps could be better tailored to the individual needs of patients. A new statistical technique from the field of machine learning is now making it possible to predict the success of smartphone-based interventions more accurately.

Image: A physician is examining the lungs of a coughing girl; Copyright: panthermedia.net/ilona75

mHealth: Cost-effective system for diagnosing childhood pneumonia

A device designed by a team of faculty and student researchers at Sheridan's Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI) has the potential to impact the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia - a significant cause of death for children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

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Physiotherapy: smart knee bandage for arthrosis patients

"Anthrokinemat", a smart knee bandage, is to support arthrosis patients in determining the right amount of daily exercise. All relevant data on the strains of the joints are collected and transferred to the patient’s mobile phone.

Image: An artist's illustration of modern neurosurgical intensive care and the use of machine learning algorithms; Copyright: Rahul Raj, University of Helsinki

AI: algorithm for intensive care of traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with an increasing incidence, especially in low-and-middle income countries. The most severe TBIs are treated in intensive care units (ICU), but in spite of the proper and high-quality care, about one in three patients dies.

Image: Diascopic's iON platform next to a laptop; Diascopic, LLC

AI: startup developing tool for tuberculosis detection

Diascopic LLC, a Cleveland-based medical research company that develops diagnostic technology, will use a highly competitive federal grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) and digital pathology tools for detecting tuberculosis (TB).

Image: printed test electrodes; Copyright: Fraunhofer IBMT

Wearables: mental disorder diagnosis and functional restoration

NanoEDGE, coordinated by Fraunhofer IBMT, is a research project aiming at converging production techniques for functionalized electrodes with expertise in nanomaterial fabrication and characterization, state-of-the-art engineering, and neuroscience to pave the way for the production of multi-level sensors that can rigorously enhance the performance of established monitoring methods like EEG.

Image: female senior with VR glasses; Copyright: panthermedia.net/Marko Volkmar

VR: making therapy easier for stroke survivors

Researchers have created a virtual reality clinic to make it easier for stroke survivors to attend their physical and occupational therapy sessions. Results from a proof-of-concept study suggest that the technology – and the social connection it facilitates – are effective at encouraging therapy participation.

The World’s First Vascular Access Air Warming Device Achieves 87.5% Success!

The Airglove warming device works in just 3 minutes gently warming the patients arm to the selected temperature. With extended courses of treatment such as chemotherapy repeated cannulation is often...

Mike Rimmer, Operations Director Brandon Medical Company Limited, has been selected in The Manufacturer Top 100 2019

Britain’s manufacturing heroes named in Liverpool Mike Rimmer, Operations Director Brandon Medical Company Limited, has been selected in The Manufacturer Top 100 2019 publication. “Brandon...

biolitec® Medica 2019: New ELLA® laser therapy for endometriosis – Precise laser treatment of bladder tumors with trans-urethral laser ablation TULA® now available

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Celebrities at MEDICA

CCD South

Jens Spahn, German Federal Minister of Health, called for more digitisation for the German healthcare system at the opening of the German Hospital Day at MEDICA 2018.

The digital state of play

Information and Communication Technology in Hall 13

Product categories

Robotics in action

An avatar to end loneliness

Ambient Assisted Living

Safety for seniors thanks to sensors

Digital twin of the lungs

Testing consequences without consequences

News from the editors of MEDICA-tradefair.com

Prostate cancer can now be diagnosed better using AI

Closed-loop system promising against post-bariatric hypoglycemia

Smartphone cameras can speed up urinary tract infection diagnosis

Deep learning and 3D technology to create better drugs

Artificial Intelligence tracks down leukemia

Smart algorithm finds possible treatment for childhood cancer

Wearable AC monitors vital data

AI: this lemon could help create better drugs

AI identifies features associated with cancer recurrence

AI: combined with astrophysics as key to early dementia diagnosis

AI: neural network for elderly care could save millions

Diagnostic tool: AI for breast cancer

Platform: guidance through deep blood vessels during surgery

Analyser system: Epigenomic technology combats disease

Software tool: AI helps doctors identify cancer cells

Machine learning: imaging boosts colon cancer diagnosis

eHealth: Records could improve pediatric sepsis surveillance

Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson's disease

Machine learning predicts success of digital health interventions

mHealth: Cost-effective system for diagnosing childhood pneumonia

Physiotherapy: smart knee bandage for arthrosis patients

AI: algorithm for intensive care of traumatic brain injury

AI: startup developing tool for tuberculosis detection

Wearables: mental disorder diagnosis and functional restoration

VR: making therapy easier for stroke survivors

News from the exhibitors of MEDICA and COMPAMED

The World’s First Vascular Access Air Warming Device Achieves 87.5% Success!

Mike Rimmer, Operations Director Brandon Medical Company Limited, has been selected in The Manufacturer Top 100 2019

biolitec® Medica 2019: New ELLA® laser therapy for endometriosis – Precise laser treatment of bladder tumors with trans-urethral laser ablation TULA® now available

Innovative drain disinfectant that kills and prevents biofilms launched at MEDICA 2019

Vancive Medical Technologies and Finesse Medical Ltd. Rebranded as Avery Dennison Medical

Breakthrough AI technology to measure absolute blood pressure

SCHOTT Illuminates Single-Use Endoscopes with New and Easy-to-Handle Product Line

EIZO Releases Extension for Its Video Over IP Solution that Transmits 4K Video Signals at 60 Hz for the OR

Surgical Holdings launch Rigid Endoscope Repair Service at MEDICA 2019

Brandon Medical Develops i2i: smart solutions for operating theatres

Canada at MEDICA, Düsseldorf (November 18 - 21, 2019)

SCHOTT’s Laser-Diffusing Technology Enables More Effective Light-Based Therapies

Diaphragm liquid pump offers great advantages

Now even smaller for hand-held medical devices

Bidirectional differential pressure sensor for extremely low pressures

UK Pressure Ulcer Mattress Manufacturer launch paediatric pressure ulcer mattress at MEDICA 2019

A gentler technique for artificial respiration

Neural networks enable autonomous navigation of catheters

Improved biopsies with MRI-compatible ultrasound system

Gulf between U.S. and U.K. home oxygen fire safety highlighted at MEDICA 2019

InnoHealth China promotes your ideas

SEERS Medical launch innovative CLINNOVA Couches at MEDICA 2019

ROAD TO MEDICA #02 - PEDS 600

Dunn promotes a variety of medical tubing solutions at Compamed

Natvar discusses innovative microextrusion, silicone medical tubing at Medica

Cybersecurity in medicine

The underestimated weakness

Digital and personalized diabetes management

What does the future look like for diabetes treatment?

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Celebrities at MEDICA

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Sports Hub project

Changing sports medicine with big data and AI

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