by Stacy Allen | Jun 5, 2013 | Resources
For most of time medicine was a complete guessing game. Doctors, or witch doctors, or shaman would inspect a patient, stir a potion and hope it would work. With some notable exceptions, modern medicine isn’t so different. Collecting things like blood pressure,...
by Stacy Allen | Jun 5, 2013 | C-arm News, Product News
What to Buy Continued (Read Part 1 click here) Time frame is an important consideration, and you would be wise to ask your C-arm vendor upfront about theirs. When purchasing a refurbished unit, everything should be checked. Suppliers who quote less than two weeks time...
by Stacy Allen | Jun 4, 2013 | Resources
We’ve known for a few years now that DARPA-funded prosthetics research is yielding some pretty incredible technology. Now DARPA is literally building super heroic technology that enables amputees to control prosthetic limbs with their minds. In science fiction...
by Stacy Allen | May 30, 2013 | Resources
It’s been 5 years now since we first saw Honda’s Walking Assist Device and now it will finally be used on a broader scale. The first 100 units are being sent out to 50 different hospitals across Japan as a part of a loan program. The device weighs 2.6kg and straps...
by Stacy Allen | May 29, 2013 | C-arm News, Product News
What To Buy? Now that you know a little bit about the capacities of different C-arm components, and the appropriateness of particular technologies to individual specialties, you are ready to determine which C-arm you wish to acquire, and under what terms. The wide...