IBM
October 2, 2022
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November 1, 2022FDA Cleared: Strados RESP Monitors Lung Sounds; Help Spot Collapsed Lung; First Cuff-Free Blood Pressure Monitors
Strados RESP Monitors Lung Sounds, Now FDA Cleared
The FDA has cleared the RESP system device by Strados lab company for monitoring lung sounds. The RESP device has already been used to correlate different therapies with changes in breath sounds. The device can be placed on the chest and works like a stethoscope allowing medical providers to identify typical auscultation sounds and abnormal noises like wheezing, rales, and rhonchi. These are recorded and saved in a system to be accessed by physicians and analyzed at any time.
This wearable technology allows healthcare workers to follow patients more carefully by allowing regular interval listening between outpatient visits and documenting the patient’s lung sounds for future comparisons. Furthermore, monitoring how effective therapy allows tracking abnormal lung sounds and even the effect COVID-19 has on the respiratory system.
GE Healthcare’s Artificial Intelligence FDA Cleared to Help Spot Collapsed Lung
Patients frequently have to wait several hours for a radiologist to evaluate their chest X-ray, even in urgent scenarios. Pneumothorax, or collapsed lung, is a life-threatening condition that can go unnoticed. FDA cleared GE healthcare‘s Critical Care Suite, which can process chest scans on the X-ray machine and flag those with signs of pneumothorax. The attending radiologist will immediately get a copy of the flagged scan via the hospital’s PACS system allowing prompt intervention. GE Healthcare is heading toward producing AI applications for diagnostic imaging, enhancing patient outcomes, reducing inefficiencies, and eliminating costly errors. (1,2,3)
FDA Clears First Cuff-Free Blood Pressure Monitors
The FDA has approved Biobeat, the first cuff-free blood pressure monitoring, which also estimates heart rate, blood oxygenation, stroke volume, and cardiac output. The underlying technology is based on reflective plethysmography, a technique that estimates changes in volume in different body areas. Traditional cuff blood pressure measurement can be challenging, especially with non-compliant patients who have difficulty keeping track of their health parameters independently. Furthermore, it can help identify abnormal blood pressure when a cuff-based monitor is unavailable. This wristwatch/patch is a unique method of automatically monitoring vital signs. The Biobeat devices are meant for use in healthcare institutions and by patients independently at home. (1,2,3)
