Research suggests that the signs and symptoms of clinical deterioration can be detected as early as six to eight hours before an event or arrest. However, physiological signs and symptoms of clinical deterioration can be difficult to detect in early stages. The use of early warning scores—especially automated scores, as opposed to manual calculations—has been shown to improve effectiveness. Welch Allyn Connex vital signs devices can help hospitals combine vital signs measurement with the collection of additional patient observational information—all in a single workflow. Vital signs and additional collected information are automatically calculated to generate an overall patient score—directly on the device at the bedside. Clinicians are prompted with messages providing specific response actions based on the patient score and the facility’s protocols. Complete information can then be sent directly to the patient’s record in the EMR. The use of automated early warning scores, such as those featured in Welch Allyn Connex vital signs devices, can help provide the timely decision support clinicians need to respond to patient changes right at the bedside.

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GE Healthcare’s new generation of high-end fully digital radiology ultrasound system, the LOGIQ E10, integrates artificial intelligence technology, cloud connectivity, and advanced algorithms to acquire and reconstruct data faster than ever before. As a result, it enables confident diagnosis with comprehensive tools and concise workflow. 
Artificial intelligence technology is now used in this ultrasound system’s platform – the cSound Architecture. This advanced GPU hardware technology acquires and reconstructs data in a similar way to an MRI or CT system, enabling 48 times the data throughput and 10 times the processing power of previous systems. The cSound Architecture is so powerful that it can process an amount of data equivalent to playing two entire DVDs in just one second, in real-time. The system eliminates the need for focal zones, as the entire image is always in focus throughout the exam.
With hospital systems growing and expanding their geography, many ultrasound exams are now read by a clinician not on site. The new Photo Assistant App enables users to photograph relevant anatomy and include the photos with the clinical images sent to the radiologist, providing valuable context and documentation. Another tool – called remote clinical application – allows radiologists to manipulate the ultrasound’s settings with a remote control on their tablet or smart phone. Clinicians can also analyse how the system is being used with a web-based secure portal or get assistance remotely. Providing a new way for clinicians to connect with their colleagues and patients, Tricefy from Trice Imaging adds cloud-based image sharing, diagnostic collaboration, remote viewing, archiving and Electronic Health Record (EHR) integration. 
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Researchers at Purdue University have created a a novel wearable patch to treat melanoma.
Conventional melanoma therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, suffer from the toxicity and side effects of repeated treatments due to the aggressive and recurrent nature of melanoma cells. Less invasive topical chemo-therapies have emerged as alternatives, but their widespread uses have been hindered by both the painful size of the microneedles and the rapidly dissolving behaviour of polymers used in the treatments. The new patch overcomes these issues.
Chi Hwan Lee, a Purdue assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, explains: “We developed a novel wearable patch with fully miniaturized needles, enabling unobtrusive drug delivery through the skin for the management of skin cancers .Uniquely, this patch is fully dissolvable by body fluids in a programmable manner such that the patch substrate is dissolved within one minute after the introduction of needles into the skin, followed by gradual dissolution of the silicon needles inside the tissues within several months.”
This gradual slow dissolution of the silicon nanoneedles allows for long-lasting and sustainable delivery of cancer therapeutics. The bioresorbable silicon nanoneedles are built on a thin, flexible and water-soluble medical film. The film serves as a temporary holder that can be conformably interfaced with the soft, curvilinear surface of the skin during the insertion of the nanoneedles, followed by rapid, complete dissolution within a minute.
The surface of the nanoneedles is configured with nanoscale pores and provides a large drug loading capacity comparable to those using conventional microneedles.
The researchers are looking for partners to continue developing their technology. For more information, email: Chi Hwan Lee, lee2270@purdue.edu
Their research is published in ACS Nano. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.0c02343
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The HAMILTON-C6 represents the latest generation of high-end ventilators, which combines modularity, mobility and ease of use with a range of advanced features. This combination allows clinicians to provide individualized, lung protective ventilation therapy for all patient populations. Just like its predecessors, the newest device from Hamilton Medical comes fully equipped with a range of Intelligent Ventilation technologies. In addition to the advanced ventilation modes ASV and INTELLiVENT-ASV, the HAMILTON-C6 offers tools for lung assessment and recruitment manoeuvres, continuous cuff pressure management, transpulmonary pressure measurement, state-of-the-art ventilation monitoring and an integrated humidifier control. With this new ventilator, Hamilton Medical also introduces the brand-new technology IntelliSync+, which was developed to avoid patient-ventilator asynchronies and their negative effects on patients. By continuously analysing waveform shapes hundred times per second, IntelliSync+ detects patient efforts and cycling immediately, and initiates inspiration and expiration in real-time. The technology can be used regardless of the ventilation mode and with no additional hardware required. The HAMILTON-C6 features a high-performance turbine, which provides a class-leading peak flow of 260 ml per minute and carries a lifetime warranty. Together with a slender and easy manoeuvrable trolley and a 3-hour battery life, the HAMILTON-C6 thus can effortlessly accompany patients on transports within the hospital. The shelf-mount version with various mounting options for the detachable monitor allows for smooth integration into various settings and environments.

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