MEDICA 2021– Top in all medical areas

Name: MEDICA
Start: 2020-11-16T10:00
End: 2020-11-19T18:00
Location: Messe Düsseldorf

The world of medicine meets at MEDICA 2021. A must for anyone who wants to experience tomorrow’s healthcare market live.

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IT systems and IT solutions

Laboratory equipment / diagnostic tests

Physiotherapy / orthopaedic technology

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Our hygiene and infection protection concept for MEDICA and COMPAMED trade fair 2021

Back to Business. To make sure only good ideas are circulated at our end we do our utmost: with standards for hygiene and infection protection for all our events at the Düsseldorf exhibition grounds – for our exhibitors, visitors, partners and members of staff. All take action to make trade fairs also an experience in this day and age – safely and jointly. #PROTaction

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COMPAMED 2021 moves to Halls 13 and 14

Messe Düsseldorf and exhibitors make valuable contribution to COVID 19 vaccination campaign

COMPAMED 2021, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market for medical manufacturing, will be held in parallel with the world’s leading medical trade fair MEDICA 2021 in Halls 13 and 14, and not Halls 8a and 8b as originally planned, at the Düsseldorf trade fair centre from 15 to 18 November. By moving the event to new halls, Messe Düsseldorf is meeting the wishes of the federal state government of North Rhine-Westphalia, namely to ensure that they can continue to use the north area of the trade fair centre for activities in conjunction with vaccine logistics and infrastructure for this federal state.

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Optimal training with AI

Wearables are increasingly being used in sports medicine, for example, to prevent injuries or to provide users individually with real-time data about their fitness and health. By analyzing this data, risks for sports injuries can be identified early and training can be customized to the user's needs and goals.

Read in our Topic of the Month how AI and wearables help athletes to reach optimal performance

Interview

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Everyday physical activity: out of shape thanks to the Corona pandemic?

Social distancing, working from home, limited social activities: the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to become more inactive, sedentary, and therefore more susceptible to ailments. Simple fitness programs and regular exercises can help counteract the negative effects of inertness.

Dr. Thore Haag and Dr. Christian Schneider explain in our interview how Corona can get us moving again

Video

Machine Vision – The new navigation for spine surgery

Precise, extremely quick and accurate – a new kind of navigation device in the OR uses a highly-developed camera technology to guide the surgeon through difficult procedures – directly in the OR. Prof. Ulf Liljenqvist, Chief Medical Director of the Clinic for Spinal Surgery at the St. Franziskus Hospital Münster, talks about his experiences in using the device.

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Novel light therapy for people with Alzheimers

Researchers will test out whether exposing patients to a combination of light therapies will slow Alzheimer’s debilitating effects. One therapy will use pulses of light designed to enhance cognition-boosting electrical brain waves, while the other one aims to help patients sleep better.

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Inspired by bacteria and sperm, scientists make micro-robot swimmers

Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite their tiny size, these micro-robotic swimmers – whose movements were inspired by bacteria and sperm – could one day be a formidable new tool for targeted drug delivery.

Image: Woman in front of a laptop talking with doctor. On the laptop you can see her measured heart rate; Copyright: PantherMedia/VitalikRadko

New study to develop smart textiles powered by body movement for remote health monitoring

For the next five years, Dr. Dharmasena will focus on creating sensor-containing super-smart textiles that can be used for remote health monitoring. The super-smart textiles will not only power electronic components, but also act as self-powered functional sensors that are able to accurately sense the movements of targeted body parts.

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Development of dendritic-network-implementable artificial neurofiber transistors

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has reported that a research team has developed organic neurofiber transistors with an architecture and functions similar to those of neurons in the human brain, which can be used as a neural network.

Image: Lead investigator Chamindie Punyadeera, PhD, performs saliva testing; Copyright: Chamindie Punyadeera

Saliva testing may allow early detection of human papillomavirus–driven head and neck cancers

High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) can be detected at diagnosis in saliva samples from the vast majority of patients with HPV-driven head and neck cancers, improving disease identification and monitoring, according to a new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.

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Artificial intelligence could help diagnose lung cancer a year earlier

An artificial intelligence (AI) program can spot signs of lung cancer on CT scans a year before they can be diagnosed with existing methods, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

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Two-hour glucose tolerance test predicts decline in episodic memory

Diabetes is a risk factor for cognitive decline. In a study of the University of Turku and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the researchers observed that already a higher two-hour glucose level in the glucose tolerance test predicts worse performance in a test measuring episodic memory after ten years. Decline in episodic memory is one of the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Antibiotic levels measurable in breath for first time

Freiburg researchers are testing a biosensor for personalized dosing of medications. Antibiotic sensor validated in animal model for blood, saliva, urine and breath samples and the risk of resistant strains of bacteria can also be reduced.

Image: Representation of flow cytometric data - as seen by artificial intelligence; Copyright: Max Zhao

Artificial intelligence helps diagnose leukemia

The University of Bonn shows how machine learning improves the evaluation of blood analysis data and Artificial intelligence helps to diagnose leukemia.

Image: Production of the new surgical masks that can deactivate the SARS-COV-2 virus that is responsible for COVID19; Copyright: Asociación RUVID

Researchers release masks that instantaneously deactivate SARS-CoV-2

Researchers released a new type IIR surgical mask with an intelligent fabric that can instantaneously deactivate the SARS-COV-2 virus that is responsible for COVID19.

Image: Assistant Professor Yan Zhenzhen, Assistant Professor Zhang Limao and Professor May O. Lwin; Copyright: Nanyang Technological University

'Optimal strategies' computer model could significantly reduce future COVID-19 infections and deaths

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a predictive computer model that, when tested on real pandemic data, proposed strategies that would have reduced the rate of both COVID-19 infections and deaths by an average of 72 per cent, based on a sample from four countries.

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Rockefeller saliva test for COVID-19 outperforms commercial swab tests

Rockefeller’s Robert B. Darnell developed a in-house assay to identify positive cases within the Rockefeller community. Now, a new study in PLoS confirms that Darnell’s test performs as well, if not better, than FDA-authorized nasal and oral swab tests.

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World Patient Safety Day 2021

Anyone seeking medical treatment assumes that they will be treated in the best possible way and, above all, safely. From anamnesis to the actual treatment to discharge, patient safety is essential. To draw attention to this issue, the WHO has launched the World Patient Safety Day.

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Tool to drive collaboration in cancer and Covid-19 research launched

The new cancer and Covid-19 research dashboard is a public resource that lists research projects looking at the impact of Covid-19 on cancer care and patients.

Image: Max Hahn, doctoral student at Umeå Center for Molecular Biology, studies a tissue sample with a light sheet fluorescence microscope; Copyright: Mattias Petterson

New method enables 3D microscopy of human organs

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, divide in their new method organs by the use of a 3D-printed matrix, creating portions of tissue with the optimal size for optical imaging using 3D technology. Specific cell types in human organs can be studied with micrometer precision to study for example other human organs and diseases.

Image: Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 protein NSP1 (blue) in complex with a host ribosome (grey); Copyright: Seán O’Donoghue/Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Machine learning assisted structure analysis reveals SARS-CoV-2 virus tactics

The proteins of SARS-CoV-2 play key roles in how the virus manages to evade immune defense and replicate itself in patients’ cells. An international research team has now compiled the most detailed view of the virus' protein structures available to date. The analysis employing artificial intelligence methods has revealed surprising findings.

Image: Biotin-labeled secretory protein profiles in supernatants of hepatocyte cell lines, HepG2 and AML12, and mouse plasma; Copyright: KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science an Technology)

The Dynamic Tracking of Tissue-Specific Secretory Proteins

Researchers have presented a method for profiling tissue-specific secretory proteins in live mice.

Image: Gabriel Popescu, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Copyright: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Microscopy plus AI equals rapid COVID-19 detection

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology combined label-free microscopic imaging with artificial intelligence to quickly detect and classify SARS-CoV-2.

Image: Heat-map, where red shows high levels of a compound, and blue shows low levels of a compounds, reveals the link between certain metabolites and dementia; Copyright: Okinawa Institute of Science

Signs of dementia are written in the blood, reveals new study

Scientists in Japan have identified metabolic compounds within the blood that are associated with dementia.

Image: SFU School of mechatronic systems engineering’s associate Professor Woo Soo Kim Holds the 3D-Printed Portable Ventilator; Copyright: Simon Fraser University

Technology takes the art of origami into the fight against COVID-19

3D-printed origami technology at the heart of low-cost, portable ventilators aimed at improving pandemic treatment and revolutionizing healthcare delivery.

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Calculated risk – A new tool to predict mortality in patients with liver failure

A novel mortality risk prediction method could help tailor treatment decisions and transplant needs for patients based on their individual symptoms.

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New therapy for chronic wounds

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (SRIS), and local biotech start-up Celligenics are working together to develop accessible and affordable therapies to accelerate healing in chronic wounds such as diabetic ulcers and bed sores.

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Newly developed software unveils relationships between RNA modifications and cancers

In a research breakthrough, a team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore has developed a software that can help reveal the relationships between RNA modifications and the development of diseases and disorders.

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Computer model may offer way to limit the spread of MRSA in hospitals

A team developed a computer model that uses de-identified electronic healthcare records and laboratory test results to simulate MRSA transmission and predict inpatients' risk of infection. The model simulates the spread of MRSA through direct contacts, environmental contamination, and community importation.

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Patients treated by mobile stroke units had better outcomes

According to a study published in NEJM, Ischemic stroke patients treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received anti-clot medication faster and ended up with less disability at 90 days.

Corsano Health announces the publication of a new clinical validation study for its CardioWatch 287 in cardiac patients

BUSSUM, THE NETHERLANDS, August 26, 2021 -- Today, Corsano Health, a leading MedTech company developing, producing, and marketing medical grade continuous health monitoring devices announced the...

Bittium Expands Its Minority Holdings in Remote Cardiology Service Companies in Europe

Bittium to purchase a 25 percent stake in a British company Technomed Limited Oulu, Finland, September 1, 2021 – Bittium Biosignals Ltd, a subsidiary of Bittium Corporation, and British ECG...

Velentium Ranks No. 1424 on the Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 333% Percent

Inc. Magazine Reveals Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 HOUSTON, August 18, 2021 – Inc. magazine today revealed that Velentium – a professional engineering...

Envomed Team completes successful week promoting the Envomed 80 in South Korea

The Envomed team touched down in South Korea at the beginning of this week knowing a full schedule of engagements awaited them. Now the team can reflect on a week of success, as their packed schedule...

Second Envomed 80 Unit installed at Soroka University Medical Center

Following the successful performance of their first Envomed 80 on-site medical waste treatment solution, Soroka University Medical Center at the Clalit has called on the Envomed team to install a...

Dan Purvis & Tim Carroll Are Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Gulf Coast Area Winners

HOUSTON, August 6, 2021 – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Velentium Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dan Purvis, and President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Tim Carroll, were...

Bittium Expands Its Offering to Home Sleep Apnea Testing Solutions

Bittium Respiro™ is a modern sleep apnea testing device and analysis service solution intended to record polygraphy (PG) level data and analyze typical sleep-related breathing disorders Oulu,...

The Next Generation Bittium OmegaSnap™ ECG Electrode Enables Long-term ECG Recordings

Oulu, Finland, January 20, 2021 – Bittium, a leading specialist for secure communications, connectivity, and medical technology solutions, launches next-generation Bittium OmegaSnap™ ECG...

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