Popular Science Top Health Innovations 2009
posted in - Dobbs, - Technology |I came across this interesting write-up on Top Health Innovations for 2009 and 2 products caught my eye.
Firstly a modern makeover for the stethoscope — the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 With Zargis Cardioscan. Not only has it got a State-of-the-art sound sensor, but it can also capture heartsounds for later playback and transmit them to your laptop via Bluetooth. The Zargis software helps one to visualize the heartsounds as well as detect and classify suspected heart murmurs.
The other one would be of great interest to a certain “cutaneous alcoholic” ID specialist who laments about doctors who do not like to wash hands. The Xhale HyGreen system keeps track of clean hands in the hospital.
The HyGreen system reminds them to scrub—and keeps a record of who doesn’t. After cleaning their hands with alcohol-based sanitizers, doctors and nurses place them under the HyGreen sensor that sniffs for alcohol, which kills 99.99 percent of germs, and sends a wireless “all clean” message to a badge worn on the person’s shirt pocket. A wireless monitor on patient beds searches for the message—if it’s absent, the badge vibrates, reminding the wearer to sanitize his hands.
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