When you work in an environment that’s all about battling germs, bacteria, and disease, common sense dictates that you should always keep your hands clean. But that’s easier said than done, at least until these clever PullClean sanitizer dispensing door handles are installed in every hospital, doctor’s office, and clinic around the world.
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The intensive care unit of any hospital is probably one of the most important areas considering patients need some serious care in order to survive their ailment. Medicine, surgeries and other forms of interventions are common for those in the intesive care unit, making trying to find comfortable surroundings rather difficult. Philips is looking to change that as they’re looking to improve patient care by simply using LEDs. (more…)
Philips Introduces LED Lighting System To Help Comfort Intensive Care Patients original content from Ubergizmo. 
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From time to time while I’m writing some of the most amazing and thought-provoking stories on Ubergizmo, I get the urge to make a visit to the powder room to freshen up. That short visit takes time away from sharing my genius with you all, but if I had something like Toro’s Bedside Flushable Toilet, I could simply… uh, “freshen up” while I write my stories. Brilliant!
Toro’s Bedside Flushable Toilet Is Able To Travel Right To You original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Back in June, we published a story highlighting the amazing steps the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center in Sao Paulo are taking in order to help children cope with their chemotherapy treatments. Now we’re hearing a story of a children’s hospital in NYC who has made the process of getting a CAT scan way less scary by having the process take place in a pirate-themed room. (more…)
New York City Children’s Hospital Features Pirate-Themed CAT Scan Room original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It’s not the most pleasant experience, but patients placed under general anesthesia who might not be able to easily breathe on their own are usually intubated, a procedure where a breathing tube is inserted down into their tracheas through their mouths. Usually a skilled doctor or nurse guides the tube in visually, but students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a robotic alternative that guides itself in, minimizing mistakes.
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The hospital isn’t always the safest place; being around other sick people just breeds more sickness. Because as many as 10 percent of patients pick up some kind of infection while they’re admitted, Spanish researchers have developed a textile that can kill bacteria and could be used in bed sheets and gowns. More »
Medical technology is relying more and more heavily on computational power to streamline the healthcare process. But there’s a problem: computerized medical technology is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, and nobody’s doing anything about it. More »
Transferring patients with limited mobility from a wheelchair to a bed could soon be an easier feat if Panasonic perfects this electric care bed it’s been developing. It transforms from a wheelchair to a hospital bed so that patients don’t ever have to actually be moved from one to the other. It’s also an amazing accessory for telecommuters, and finally puts mankind on the road to the future predicted in Pixar’s Wall-E. More »
Remember how in sci-fi tomorrowland we were promised that doctors would be followed around by robots who knew your medical history by rote and could make sure that nothing gets missed? Well, we’ve woken up in the future because shit just got real. More »
OLED screens are virtually everywhere, and they’re steadily getting bigger, but it was tough to find any in hospitals until now. While Sony’s 25-inch PVM-2551MD might not have the most glamorous name, it’s the first and only OLED monitor with FDA approval for use in surgery. No, it’s not just to give the doctor something more pleasing (or disgusting) to look at while she’s removing a gallstone — the organic display can be a genuine help for surgery through the higher contrast, virtually non-existent blur and more faithful color reproduction versus the LCDs it’s meant to replace. Us patients likely won’t see the now-shipping 2551MD for much longer than it takes to go unconscious, so it might be hard to appreciate; if it helps surgeons finish operations faster and with fewer mistakes, however, we could all reap the rewards.
Filed under: Displays, Science
Sony unveils first medical-grade OLED monitor, surgery gets rendered in all-too-vivid color originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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