Lori A Carr May 05, 2020 It took this action more than a week before it announced in mid-April that it would use the little-known aspect of the law to force 3M to fill its contract to the U.S. first. Firms face fines or jail time if they do not comply. The Cold War-era law gives federal officials … Read more
April 30, 2020 In the U.S., emergency plans developed by states for a shortage of ventilators include using positive airway pressure machines — like those used to treat sleep apnea — to help hospitalized people with less severe breathing issues. While that measure could stretch the supply of ventilators and save lives, it has a … Read more
April 28, 2020 This includes modified anesthesia gas hardware and positive-pressure breathing devices — as well as home continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines used to treat sleep apnea, plus portable oxygen generators for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and nasal cannula hoses. However, the American Society of Anesthesiologists put out guidance in February 2020 … Read more
April 23, 2020 While overall testing capacity of any kind remains far short of meeting demand, antibody blood tests would provide additional data on the spread of the novel coronavirus, and results showing immunity could be used to give people an all-clear to leave quarantine and return to work. Their accuracy would, of course, have … Read more
April 21, 2020 The serological test — which uses a few drops of blood drawn from a vein and dropped into a device containing a small strip, similar to a combination of a blood glucose test and a home pregnancy exam — detects two different types of antibodies produced by the body to fight off the … Read more
April 16, 2020 A separate method, known as a serological test, would search for relevant antibodies in a person’s bloodstream, for evidence that the body produced an immune response to the disease. This could be able to determine who has had and overcome an infection in the past — and could allow people to exit … Read more
“It got to us on time, so that was the most important thing,” said Doug Wilson, an executive vice president for LifeNet Health, which runs the Seattle-area operation that processed the tissue. That high-profile event was dismissed as an anomaly; however, a new analysis of transplant data finds that a startling number of lifesaving organs … Read more
April 07, 2020 “Our vision since day one has been to build seamless technology that helps providers more accurately detect heart disease, the leading killer in the world, by putting the ears of a cardiologist in any clinician’s stethoscope,” Eko co-founder and CEO Connor Landgraf said in a statement. The afib and heart murmur offerings … Read more
April 02, 2020 The device starts with a real, biological heart, which is chemically preserved and wrapped in a flexible, robotic matrix of artificial muscles that simulate its contractions. Using a series of inflating and deflating air pockets, which look a little like bubble wrap, the robotic heart muscle can flex and beat the same … Read more
March 31, 2020 Last year, Apple’s Heart Study found that the watch could accurately detect atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat, according to a study that explored the role of wearable devices in identifying potential heart problems. Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke more than fivefold, according to the American Heart … Read more