Companies Are Investing in Durable Medical Equipment Development
As the population ages, the demand for durable medical equipment is rising. Companies across North America are investing into the development of new equipment to meet patients’ needs.
This equipment includes a range of mechanical and connected devices that utilize new technologies. Check-out the top 27 on the market below:
Connected Medical Equipment
The biggest wave of innovation is happening with connected medical devices that allow patients and healthcare professional monitor progress.
1) Glutrac
Glutrac is a smart wearable for non – invasive glucose monitoring. It measures signals from human bodies with optical sensors of different wave bands and collects data using four monitoring methods and then build big data powered models for individual users to calculate users blood glucose levels relying on A I and deep learning.
2) iStent Inject
Glaukos’s iStent Inject is designed to reduce intraocular pressure safely and effectively in patients who have been diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma, pseudo-exfoliative glaucoma or pigmentary glaucoma.
3) HeartLogic: Heart Failure Diagnostic
The injection is implanted through a single-entry point during cataract surgery or during a standalone procedure. It creates a bypass through the primary blockage site to improve physiological outflow, according to the company.
4) Magtrace and Sentimag: magnetic localization system
Endomagnetics’s Magtrace and Sentimag magnetic localization system is a magnetic device system that is used to guide lymph node biopsies in patients who are having a mastectomy for breast cancer.
5) Medtronic DBS therapy for epilepsy
Bilateral anterior thalamic nucleus stimulation using the Medtronic DBS System for Epilepsy is indicated as adjunctive therapy for reducing the frequency of seizures in individuals 18 years of age or older diagnosed with epilepsy characterized by partial-onset seizures, with or without secondary generalization, that are refractory to three or more antiepileptic medications.
6) ProAir Digihaler
The ProAir Digihaler device from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is a digital inhaler that uses sensors to connect to a companion smartphone app for people who have asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to the company.
7) Sentinel Cerebral Protection System
Boston Scientific’s Sentinel cerebral protection system is an embolic protection device that captures and removes thrombus/debris during trans catheter aortic valve replacement procedures.
8) Starkey Livio AI
Starkey’s Livio AI is a hearing aid that can track body and brain health. Using integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, Livio AI can detect when users have fallen and can act as an assistant. Livio AI is rechargeable and offers 24 hours of hearing on one charge. When paired with the Thrive smartphone app, users can stream cellphones, TV, music and other media directly to their hearing aid.
9) Abbott: Glucose Monitoring System
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre system is a glucose-measuring system that eliminates the need for finger sticks or finger-stick calibrations. It measures glucose levels through a small sensor that is applied to the back of a user’s upper arm. The sensor is the size of two stacked quarters and gives real-time readings for up to 10 days, according to the company. The sensor is also able to read glucose levels through clothes.
10) Butterfly: New Ultrasound Technology
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre system is a glucose-measuring system that eliminates the need for finger sticks or finger-stick calibrations. It measures glucose levels through a small sensor that is applied to the back of a user’s upper arm. The sensor is the size of two stacked quarters and gives real-time readings for up to 10 days, according to the company. The sensor is also able to read glucose levels through clothes.
11) Omron: Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor
HeartGuide is a wearable blood pressure monitor in the innovative form of a wristwatch. In tandem with its companion app HeartAdvisor, HeartGuide delivers powerful new technology making tracking and managing your blood pressure easier than ever before.
12) SoeMac
SoeMac is a wellness product which can help you to breathe and sleep better. It works by drawing air inside, and produces a bio-usable form of energized oxygen, known as Singlet Oxygen Energy, or SOE.
13) GENIECONNECT
Genie Connect can have a conversation and set up video chats with healthcare professionals and family members. Service Robotics Limited designed it to help stimulate and engage the user’s mind. It also reminds the user when to take medication and attend appointments.
14) Inogen: At Home Oxygen Concentrator
The Inogen One G3 delivers the independence of a portable oxygen concentrator in one of the smallest, lightest and quietest packages available to the oxygen user today.
15) LATITUDE NXT: Remote Patient Management System
As implanted device patients are living longer and the amount of available patient and device data keeps growing larger, remote monitoring has become the standard of care. The LATITUDE NXT Remote Patient Management System lets you monitor your patients’ device data between scheduled appointments for improved efficiency and better patient care.
16) Maptic Tactile Navigation
Maptic is a system of wearable sensory devices for the visually impaired, consisting of a visual sensor and vibrating feedback units. These customisable, personalisable modules can be worn without attracting the stigma that current assistive products harbour, while still accurately detecting objects in the visual field and transmitting them into intuitive vibrations on the body.
Mechanical Medical Equipment Innovations
Mechanical medical equipment includes standalone devices like wheelchairs, walkers and blood pressure monitors.
18) Inspiris Resilia aortic valve
As implanted device patients are living longer and the amount of available patient and device data keeps growing larger, remote monitoring has become the standard of care. The LATITUDE NXT Remote Patient Management System lets you monitor your patients’ device data between scheduled appointments for improved efficiency and better patient care.
19) Swivel Sliding Transfer Benches
Maptic is a system of wearable sensory devices for the visually impaired, consisting of a visual sensor and vibrating feedback units. These customisable, personalisable modules can be worn without attracting the stigma that current assistive products harbour, while still accurately detecting objects in the visual field and transmitting them into intuitive vibrations on the body.
20) ABLE
ABLE is the first lightweight, easy-to-use and affordable exoskeleton for people with lower-limb paralysis, that restores the ability to walk naturally and intuitively.
21) BioPrax™
BioPrax™ is a minimally invasive device designed to help eliminate biofilm infections on prosthetic knee implants during early intervention procedures and was recently granted Breakthrough Device designation by the FDA.
22) Novak Stretcher X Electric
“Trails (Patent Pending) were designed in a constant search for better and more innovative solutions. Our main concern is to ensure that our customers enjoy full support and safety at their work, to speed up the procedures and save lives. … because when saving lives, seconds count!”
23) Stair-PRO
With its Stair-TREAD system, this chair enables caregivers to transport a patient down stairs without lifting.
24) Invacare: Lifters, hoists and slings
“Trails (Patent Pending) were designed in a constant search for better and more innovative solutions. Our main concern is to ensure that our customers enjoy full support and safety at their work, to speed up the procedures and save lives. … because when saving lives, seconds count!”
25) Invacare: Scooters
Mobility scooters from Invacare are a stylish range with exceptional manoeuvrability, reliability and safety. Our scooters offer a wide range of mobility with many safety features as standard. Designed for everyday use this stylish range features micro, mini, medium, large and bariatric models.
26) Crutches
The patent pending M+D Crutches cradle the user’s elbows and evenly distribute their weight throughout the forearms; removing pressure that other crutches place on the armpits, wrists and hands.
27) Orcam MyEye
“OrCam MyEye is a revolutionary voice activated device that attaches to virtually any glasses. It can instantly read to you text from a book, smartphone screen or any other surface, recognize faces, help you shop on your own, work more efficiently, and live a more independent life! OrCam MyEye conveys visual information audibly, in real-time and offline.”
