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Kinesiology tape is announced to be especially designed and produced for athletes to help stabilize joints, prevent injuries or to do something else. For quite a long time, the kinesiology tapes need to be applied by a trained person, which as a result has made it difficult for everyone to get an easy control of the kinesiology tapes. But now the situation is changed, coz these spider-style kinesiology tapes are precut and therefore ensure a simple usage for ordinary people. To use it, you should just follow the instructional videos and then you can apply the tapes to injured parts.

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Technology changes the life, and quite soon you’ll see fabric that can convey therapeutic treatments through the skin. Developed by Schoeller Textil AG, the “iLoad” is made to soak up positively charged medical emulsion and then release the substance into the wearer’s skin when triggered by warmth, perspiration or other elements. Moreover, the fabric can be washed with industrial machines to remove lingering residue and then make it ready for reuse. Except used for medical treatment, the “iLoad” fabric is expected to create odor-neutralizing clothes too.

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Time again the MobiUS SP1 proves smaller is better, but also more expensive. Wearing a surprising high price of $7495, the ultrasound machine is small enough to fit into your pocket so that you can use it anywhere. The system is capable of fetal, abdominal, cardiac, pelvic, and peripheral vessel scans, which make it an ideal personal device for medical use. Coming along with a wireless and 3G connectivity, the system can conveniently send images to hospital, therefore allowing the users to keep in a good touch with their family doctors.

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With 3D technology processing by big steps, now 3D printers can manufacture many more amazing things than we can imagine, from toys, swimwear, food and even artificial blood vessels.

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A research group from Tokyo Institute of Technology have recently developed artificial bone using fish scales. In early experiment, the researchers found that “the collagen that makes up fish scales, has a similar structure to the thickest layer of the human cornea, the corneal stroma”. After that they tried to turn the scientific discovery into real products, artificial bones made of fish scales. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Researchers from the University of Illinois have exhibited their latest achievement – the Electronic Skin via the Internet. It is hair-thin, constructed with sensors, antenna, LED and other parts and powered by built-in solar batteries to monitor a person’s heartbeat, brain activity, muscle contractions and so on. If you put it besides your throat, the device can even “hear” your words so as to accomplish certain tasks. It can be easily applied to anything, without need for glue. When such amazing things used in the medical field, we bet we humans can benefit more from the advanced technology.

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Did back discomfort ever annoy you when you just sat before computers to visit the I New Idea? If so, we need to apologize and we really wish we would have found this Koala HUG Lumbar Support for you much earlier. [Read the rest of this entry...]

History has proved that every short step of technology can result in great changes of our daily life, and the impact of science and tech would be especially profound when it relates to the medical field. That’s why we appreciate these Cotton Candy-like Nano Glass Fibers quite much. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How to enjoy a good sleep is a common question asked frequently by people suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and related snoring, but they seldom find a satisfying answer. Fortunately, here is the Provent Therapy to give them a new hope. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Only in 40 seconds, this 2.5cm (1″) diameter cooling device will cool down your skin to an ideal temperature of 6°C.  It can treat many injuries such as bruises, insect bites, sports injuries and so on. As effective as ice, but ensures a much gentler using. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Dunne & Raby makes bloodbags a little more user-friendly… by endowing them with a Teddy Bear appearance. Okay, so kids would feel less depressed when still in the hospitals? Hopefully they do will get more encourage and support from these Teddy Bear Bloodbags. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The world’s first iPhone blood pressure monitor recently appeared on the Consumer Electronic Show 2011 in Las Vegas. The innovative gadget from Withings has no screens, and it needs to be connected to an iPhone / iPad / iPod touch to tell the data. So to use the blood pressure monitor, you should firstly get an iPhone. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How well do you know your bruises, or more exactly how often should one person change for a new bandage in case that the wounds become infected? Whatever you may say, these Color Changing Bandages obviously know your wounds better than you.

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Your check-in process at hospitals and clinics will be simplified, because Fujitsu has announced and would soon launch its electronic paper-based outpatient guidance solution. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Surinate Bladder Management System, a medical device that is designed for men who suffer from urinary retention (an inability to empty the bladder), has gotten an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval recently and will be experimented in the United States soon. The Surinate system features a device that could be inserted into the urethra, not only bridging the bladder neck, prostrate and external sphincter, but providing a valved connection between the bladder and the bulbous urethra in the meantime. Remotely controlled by a magnet, the valve could be easily activated and adjusted. When the user wants to empty the bladder, he only needs to move the hand-held switching magnet closer to the check valve magnet, which will then be drawn away from the valve seat to let the urine flow out. According to the company, “the Surinate valved catheter is designed to remain in the patient for up to 30 days.”

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