Cheap and Quick Medical Equipment

According to AdvaMed, (Advanced Medical Technology Association), it’s a known truth that healthcare equipment is very expensive. Overall spending upon medical devices within the United States reached around $150 billion within the year 2010, or around 5¢ of every healthcare dollar. Thereby, 3D-printing splints that healthcare facilities may utilize prior to surgeries or additional necessary healing means might result in saving large sums of money. Plus, there already are brilliant examples in the marketplace on how you can do it!

Finger splints

A Steinert High School senior, Ian McHale, crafted blueprints for generating finger splints.  One low-end three-dimensional printer may print the splint affordably and quickly, around two cents worth of plastic within roughly 10 minutes! For developing countries, in which splints often can only be ordered from overseas in bulk, it might mean the most affordable solution for poorer communities. It could easily serve personal needs at the same time.

Tumor models

Also, 3D printing may assist medical research and the results of complicated operations and particularly difficult cases. Scientists in the US and China both have three-dimensional models of cancerous tumors to help discovery of fresh anti–cancer drugs, as well as to better comprehend how tumors spread, grow, and develop.

Organ models

Also, researchers have utilized animal heart scans to develop printed models, and then added, on top of these models, stretchy electronics. This material may be peeled off a printed model and then wrapped around an actual heart for the perfect fit. Another step includes enhancing the electronics using several sensors.

How does 3D printed medical equipment save lives?

In 2011, Kaiba Gionfriddo was born prematurely. After eight months, the development of his lungs caused concerns, even though Kaiba was released to his parents when his breathing was normal. Kaiba, six weeks later, stopped breathing and turned blue. His caregivers printed a three-dimensional bioresorbable device which immediately helped him breathe.

Leading Management Solutions is a healthcare management solutions company providing assistance and resources to healthcare management. Contact us today at (407) 674-1916 or visit www.lmshealthpro.com to learn more.

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Kristen Brady is the founder and owner of Kaboom Social Media, your social media marketing and content specialists! Follow her on Twitter: @kb54927

Diabetes Management in the Future

According to the most recent WHO estimates, 422 million individuals suffer from diabetes around the world – and that figure is steadily growing. That means that 1 person in 11 must manage the severe condition on a day-to-day basis, which may lead to amputation, kidney failure, heart attack, or stroke. Here are 3 ways diabetes will be managed in the future:

Digital Contact Lenses

Even though the search engine Google halted in the development of Google Glass, its augmented reality glass, they didn’t give up on blending technology and vision. Novartis and the search engine giant signed a contract to cooperate on the creation of the digital contact lens that was patented in the year 2014. According to their plans, through this lens, it is possible to gain more data from the digital realm plus it has the ability measure levels of blood glucose from tears as an extra benefit.

Gamification

Isn’t it more exciting to make the diabetes creature satisfied than to boringly measure levels of blood glucose? There already are companies that leverage on your inner child. These will include incredible applications for phones which may assist you in efficiently managing diabetes. An Austrian company, MySugr,  released a multitude of apps which may add a bit of gamification to traditional diabetes management applications. Watch the app in action: https://youtu.be/BTWqq1EZWFs

Artificial pancreas

Basically, the artificial or bionic pancreas will replicate a healthy version of how the organ performs on its own, and it’ll enable patients with diabetes to live a simpler life in a sustainable way. This device has the ability to constantly measure blood glucose levels and decide on the insulin delivery. Boston University engineers created a bionic pancreas system which uses continual glucose monitoring in conjunction with subcutaneous generation of both rapid-acting insulin, as well as glucagon as instructed by a computer algorithm.

Leading Management Solutions is a healthcare management solutions company providing assistance and resources to healthcare management. Contact us today at (407) 674-1916 or visit www.lmshealthpro.com to learn more.

About the Author:

Kristen Brady is the founder and owner of Kaboom Social Media, your social media marketing and content specialists! Follow her on Twitter: @kb54927