Durable Medical Equipment in Design Engineering

Diabetes drugs and devices to top $240 billion

The research report, Diabetes Therapies & Diagnostics: Global Markets, says therapeutics and diagnostics for the disease will be worth $213.8 billion in 2008. Reporting company BCC Research Inc., Westley, Mass. expects the figure to increase to over $241.9 billion by 2013, an average annual growth rate of 2.5%.

Tongue drive lets persons with disabilities do more

Assistive technology called the tongue drive and developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives. Users need only be able to move their tongues to operate the device...

Bringing legacy devices into compliance

There are no standard guidelines for changing legacy medical products, but there are proven approaches. The best of these include the expectations of...

No welds and FEA help lighten wheelchair

An aerospace engineering company says it has invented the world's lightest and tightest-folding, fully adjustable wheelchair. The Flight wheelchair weighs...

Patents for Medical Devices and Avoiding Infringement

It can be difficult to protect inventions through patents, particularly in the crowded field of medical devices. Yet it is essential for a company to...

Boot Helps Children Walk Again

Increasing care requirements of an aging population and movements to address health-related issues throughout society are driving the market for biomedical products....

Considerations for EMC Immunity Testing of Medical Devices

The easiest way to show that medical devices are safe and effective is to test them to FDA Recognized Standards. In Europe, medical devices must meet...

A rocket-powered prosthetic arm

Researchers at Vanderbilt University, working under auspices of Darpa's Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 program, are using rocket technology to power...

Oxygen Regulator Comes off Empty Tank at the Touch of a Button

An adapter for breathing-oxygen cylinders uses tank-air pressure to lock the regulator in place. The simple adapter is easy to use, fits any regulator,...

Web Resources on Durable Medical Equipment:

Accreditation Evolution

HME providers gearing up to attend the first annual National Affiliation of Durable Medical Equipment Companies (NADMEC) convention got a “boost,” as it was described in HomeCare, when Congressmen Charles Rangel, then chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Robert D. O'Connor, acting director for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Office of Reimbursement Practices, signed on as guest speakers....

Home Medical Technology Defined

Home medical technology falls into three basic categories: INTERACTIVE VIDEO-BASED SYSTEMS, MULTIPLE-FUNCTION MONITORING DEVICES,SINGLE-FUNCTION MONITORING DEVICES...

Dreaming Up New Products

The evolution of a sleep mask from dream stage to reality is a tale that reads like a futuristic novel, filled as it is with creative innovation, high-tech computerizations and sci-fi-like prototypes....

Cool Show, Hot Topic

How many technicians does it take to transform an ordinary Mercedes sport utility vehicle into a handicap-accessible street rod?...